📊 VBA (Excel)
Check Enable Win32 Long Paths Registry Value (VBA)
Reads the Enable Win32 Long Paths registry value via WScript.Shell.RegRead and reports it in a message box — no PowerShell or reg.exe needed.
EnableLongPathsRegCheck.bas
Attribute VB_Name = "EnableLongPathsRegCheck"
Option Explicit
Public Sub EnableLongPathsRegCheck()
Dim wsh As Object
Dim regPath As String
Dim value As Variant
Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
regPath = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled"
On Error Resume Next
value = wsh.RegRead(regPath)
On Error GoTo 0
If IsEmpty(value) Then
MsgBox "Value not set:" & vbCrLf & regPath, vbExclamation, "Enable Win32 Long Paths"
Else
MsgBox "Enable Win32 Long Paths" & vbCrLf & regPath & " = " & value, vbInformation
End If
End Sub