{"id":3204,"date":"2019-08-30T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lieben.nu\/liebensraum\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2019-08-30T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:47:54","slug":"max-path-length-in-sharepoint-online-onedrive-for-business-and-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lieben.nu\/liebensraum\/2019\/08\/max-path-length-in-sharepoint-online-onedrive-for-business-and-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Path Length in Sharepoint Online, Onedrive for Business and Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Many Office 365 clients (and especially Excel) really don’t like long paths. The older the client, the worse the issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find files over a certain path length in Office 365<\/a>, I wrote a script a while back. This required manual perusal of the results and manual correction of the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new version of my script now features fully automatic discovery, a flexible editor and automatic correction of paths based on what you entered into the editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Correcting path lengths in Sharepoint Online, Onedrive for Business and Microsoft Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can get the PowerShell script \/ editor from my git repository here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks to CTS<\/a> in their help me designing and testing this script!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to use<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. download the script and save it somewhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Copy the desired Sharepoint Library into a new Sharepoint Library and\/or site<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Run the script only for that site or library by specifying the -specificSiteUrls or specificDocumentLibraries parameter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. do some corrections, commit them, check the results<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. If satisfied, set permissions for your admin account on the actual production locations your wish to fix (script for Onedrive Mass Permissions here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Ensure no users have open files in the library<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Remove any non-standard characters from folder names (see script source, example code at the top)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Run<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Disclaimer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n