Pathlength

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Sebb

How can I scan my discs for a pathname length greater
than the limit in XP(which i think is 260 characters)?

I am combining some large nested directories and getting
problems that I think are related to this. I don't want
to go through every folder looking for problems every
time.

Many thanks
Sebb
 
You can't - the maximum path length+filename is 256 characters - you'll need
to move some directories up closer to the root, or shorten the sub-directory
and/or filenames to bring it below this limit.
 
What I want to find out is which paths are too long? I
have multiple folders in multiple folders with 100s of
files - and somewhere there are problems. Can I scan for
the problem places so I can rename?
 

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