[fowl2]

Presumably there's some reason Go can't just use an embedded manifest[1] like everyone else?

Ahh, I'm inferring (from [2]) even with the manifest entry, a system wide registry key is also required to get long paths working:

> I'm working with the Windows security team to find a way to enable long path support without having to modify the registry, just by using the embedded manifest, but the chances of this happening soon are quite low.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maxim... [2] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/69853