Destination Path Too Long Fix

Are you looking for the destination path too long fix. You’re in the right place. The destination path too long error normally occurs when moving files from one location to another location and I assume many skip this.

I would suggest that not to skip because it may contain important items which are important for legal\admins to review. Instead of skipping, try Robocopy to move data to a destination and do not use the copy and paste option.

Below the command needs to be executed in Windows Powershell to fix the error.

$sourcepath = ‘mention the folder name here’
$Destinationpath = ‘mention the destination folder here’
Robocopy $sourcepath $destinationpath /s /e

I have a video file for testing in my documents folder. This is the source folder.

I also have another folder on my desktop. This is the destination folder.

Source — C:\Users\yourprofile\Documents\Test11
Destination — C:\Users\yourprofile\Desktop\Test12
No changes required for Robocopy $sourcepath $destinationpath /s /e

I have executed the command and here are the results.

As you can see, files successfully copied. I hope you have learnt the destination path too long fix in this article.

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Originally published at https://techieberry.com on May 20, 2020.