From ff1ae3dd334faa2006394c2318db385cdc42030a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zackery Spytz Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:01:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-30612: Tweak Windows registry path syntax in the docs (GH-20281) --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index b95a43c853c..275495bc6d1 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ paths longer than this would not resolve and errors would result. In the latest versions of Windows, this limitation can be expanded to approximately 32,000 characters. Your administrator will need to activate the -"Enable Win32 long paths" group policy, or set the registry value -``HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem@LongPathsEnabled`` -to ``1``. +"Enable Win32 long paths" group policy, or set ``LongPathsEnabled`` to ``1`` +in the registry key +``HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem``. This allows the :func:`open` function, the :mod:`os` module and most other path functionality to accept and return paths longer than 260 characters.