diff --git a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Layout/LayoutPreferencesDatabase.cs b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Layout/LayoutPreferencesDatabase.cs
index e03b0a7e0db2..d844dd8a94d1 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Layout/LayoutPreferencesDatabase.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Layout/LayoutPreferencesDatabase.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 using static Files.App.Helpers.LayoutPreferencesDatabaseItemRegistry;
 using static Files.App.Helpers.RegistryHelpers;
+using static Files.Shared.Helpers.ChecksumHelpers;
 using JsonSerializer = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer;
 
 namespace Files.App.Helpers
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ void UpdateValues(LayoutPreferencesDatabaseItem? preferences)
 			{
 				if (filePath is not null)
 				{
-					using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, filePath));
+					using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, CreateSHA256(filePath)));
 					SaveValues(filePathKey, preferences);
 				}
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ private static void ImportCore(LayoutPreferencesDatabaseItem[]? preferences)
 			}
 			foreach (var preference in preferences)
 			{
-				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, preference.FilePath));
+				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, CreateSHA256(preference.FilePath)));
 				SaveValues(filePathKey, preference);
 				if (preference.Frn is not null)
 				{
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ private void IterateKeys(List<LayoutPreferencesDatabaseItem> list, string path,
 		{
 			if (filePath is not null)
 			{
-				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, filePath));
+				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(LayoutSettingsKey, CreateSHA256(filePath)));
 				if (filePathKey.ValueCount > 0)
 				{
 					var preference = new LayoutPreferencesDatabaseItem();
diff --git a/src/Files.App/Utils/FileTags/FileTagsDatabase.cs b/src/Files.App/Utils/FileTags/FileTagsDatabase.cs
index e7d120850dd7..25394621823f 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Utils/FileTags/FileTagsDatabase.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Utils/FileTags/FileTagsDatabase.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 using static Files.App.Helpers.RegistryHelpers;
 using static Files.App.Utils.FileTags.TaggedFileRegistry;
+using static Files.Shared.Helpers.ChecksumHelpers;
 using JsonSerializer = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer;
 
 namespace Files.App.Utils.FileTags
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public void SetTags(string filePath, ulong? frn, string[] tags)
 			if (FileTagsKey is null)
 				return;
 
-			using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, filePath));
+			using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(filePath)));
 
 			if (tags is [])
 			{
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public void SetTags(string filePath, ulong? frn, string[] tags)
 
 			if (filePath is not null)
 			{
-				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, filePath));
+				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(filePath)));
 				if (filePathKey.ValueCount > 0)
 				{
 					var tag = new TaggedFile();
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ public void UpdateTag(string oldFilePath, ulong? frn, string? newFilePath)
 				return;
 
 			var tag = FindTag(oldFilePath, null);
-			using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, oldFilePath));
+			using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(oldFilePath)));
 			SaveValues(filePathKey, null);
 
 			if (tag is not null)
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ public void UpdateTag(string oldFilePath, ulong? frn, string? newFilePath)
 
 				if (newFilePath is not null)
 				{
-					using var newFilePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, newFilePath));
+					using var newFilePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(newFilePath)));
 					SaveValues(newFilePathKey, tag);
 				}
 			}
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public void UpdateTag(ulong oldFrn, ulong? frn, string? newFilePath)
 
 				if (newFilePath is not null)
 				{
-					using var newFilePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, newFilePath));
+					using var newFilePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(newFilePath)));
 					SaveValues(newFilePathKey, tag);
 				}
 			}
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public IEnumerable<TaggedFile> GetAllUnderPath(string folderPath)
 			{
 				try
 				{
-					IterateKeys(list, CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, folderPath), 0);
+					IterateKeys(list, CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(folderPath)), 0);
 				}
 				catch (SecurityException)
 				{
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public void Import(string json)
 			}
 			foreach (var tag in tags)
 			{
-				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, tag.FilePath));
+				using var filePathKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(CombineKeys(FileTagsKey, CreateSHA256(tag.FilePath)));
 				SaveValues(filePathKey, tag);
 				if (tag.Frn is not null)
 				{
diff --git a/src/Files.Shared/Helpers/ChecksumHelpers.cs b/src/Files.Shared/Helpers/ChecksumHelpers.cs
index 4e2b061ca7c0..848900e58b1e 100644
--- a/src/Files.Shared/Helpers/ChecksumHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Files.Shared/Helpers/ChecksumHelpers.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ public static string CalculateChecksumForPath(string path)
 			return Convert.ToHexString(hash);
 		}
 
+		public static string CreateSHA256(string input)
+		{
+			var buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
+			Span<byte> hash = stackalloc byte[SHA256.HashSizeInBytes];
+			SHA256.HashData(buffer, hash);
+			return Convert.ToHexString(hash).ToLower();
+		}
+
 		public async static Task<string> CreateCRC32(Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
 			var crc32 = new Crc32();