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by p_ing 250 days ago
You don't need to manually enable long paths, and Explorer handles them just fine as will any other Win32 application respecting max_path.

You list many things that are advantages, but not for the regular end user, the primary target of Windows.
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d3Xt3r 250 days ago
No it doesn't. You can navigate to long paths, but try doing any file operations (like renaming a file) and you'll see it doesn't work.

Also, the rest of my points are end user impacting. Updates impact everyone and is a very important part of an OS experience. I used to work on a helpdesk for an MSP, and you've no idea the number calls we used to get from users frustrated about updates for various reasons. Hell, we use Windows at work and I still get annoyed as a user.

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p_ing 250 days ago
Renaming works just fine on long paths.

The rest of your points don't apply to a user who buys a desktop/laptop and starts using it.

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