longer file name not accessible

[peter]

Windows XP Pro SP2 NTFS Max file name/path lenght allowed 255/260.

Seems to be a bug.
For excample I have a mp3 file with total path/file name lenghts of 180
characters.
When I add 17 chracters to the path (folder name) where the file is (now
total 197) the file isn't accessible anymore.
Doubleclick to the file name doesn't launch media palyer, either I can't
delete this file anymore.

any ideas?

peter

 

[Unk]

Windows XP Pro SP2 NTFS Max file name/path lenght allowed 255/260.

Seems to be a bug.
For excample I have a mp3 file with total path/file name lenghts of 180
characters.
When I add 17 chracters to the path (folder name) where the file is (now
total 197) the file isn't accessible anymore.
Doubleclick to the file name doesn't launch media palyer, either I can't
delete this file anymore.

any ideas?

peter

How do I delete an "undeletable" file?
http://www.petri.co.il/delete_undeletable_files.htm

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

How To Delete "Undeletable" Files And Folders In XP
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

Delete - Can't Delete Files or Folders
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm
Scroll down to Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)

Manually Deleting Stubborn Files
http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php

Cannot delete file or folder: (Sometimes a file cannot be deleted or a
folder removed because Windows says it's open by another program.)
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081

 

[peter]

Thnaks Unk, for the url list.
Deleting file itself isn't the problem.
I can delete the file just shortening the folder name.
But IMO max path allowed is longer then 197 ...
Therefore I think it's a Win XP file system bug and I thought maybe someone
knows how to fix it before it causes more harm.

peter

 

[Wesley Vogel]

With XP SP1, [[The system PATH environment variable is limited to 1023
characters, plus the terminating null character, for a total of 1024
characters.]]

With XP SP2 [[the PATH environment variable limit is increased to 2,048
characters.]]

That includes the file name.

Windows XP cannot find a program's executable files or DLL files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832978

[[Many Windows programs expect the maximum path length to be shorter than
255 characters. Therefore, these programs only allocate enough internal
storage to handle these typical paths. NTFS does not have this limit and it
can hold much longer paths.]]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081#XSLTH3159121122120121120120

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Plato]

Deleting file itself isn't the problem.

But you said it was. See your writing below.