Whats the maximum file location string for Windows 2k?

[JimPNicholls]

Hi

Just a general question. Whats the maximum number of
characters for a file location string

(i.e H:\James\Folder1 etc.......

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi

Just a general question. Whats the maximum number of
characters for a file location string

(i.e H:\James\Folder1 etc.......

The following articles vary from 255 - 260:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=180410 "Cannot Access Folder Because the Path
Is Too Long or Deep"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=198623 "How To JIT Debug a COM Local Server"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=226446 "Files or Folders May Not Appear in
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http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=227864 "Error Messages Adding .adm File with
Long Path in System Policy Editor"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=241733 "How To Obtain the Location of Special
Folders for a Migration DLL"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=245809 "Windows 2000 Supports Fully Qualified
Domain Names up to 64 UTF-8 Bytes Long"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=253262 "How To Store the Contents of an RTF
Control in an EMF File"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=258630 "How To Use the ADSI IADsDNWithBinary
Interface"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=298655 "MoveFileEx[] May Not Work If the
MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT Flag Is Used With a Path That Begins with '\\?\'"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=307308 "RegQueryInfoKey[] Function May Return
Zero for ControlSetnnn Subkey Parameters"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=313006 "GetVolumePathName[] Function Does Not
Support Paths That Begin with \\?\"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=320081 "You cannot delete a file or a folder
on an NTFS file system volume"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=816841 "You cannot restore encrypted files to
a remote computer in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=840500 "The SfcGetNextProtectedFile function
may return corrupted data in Windows 2000"


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com