How Long Can a File Path Be in Windows 10?
Contents Windows 10 Allows File Paths Longer Than 260 Characters (With a Registry Hack) Ever Since Windows 95, Microsoft Has Only Allowed File Paths up to 260...
Windows 10 Allows File Paths Longer Than 260 Characters (With a Registry Hack) Ever since Windows 95, Microsoft has only allowed file paths up to 260 characters (which, to be fair, was much nicer than the 8 character limit previously). Now, with a registry tweak, you can exceed that amount in Windows 10.
How long can a Windows file path be?
Long Paths on Windows Systems
While Windows’ standard file system (NTFS) supports paths up to 65,535 characters, Windows imposes a maximum path length of 255 characters (without drive letter), the value of the constant MAX_PATH. This limitation is a remnant of MS DOS and has been kept for reasons of compatibility.
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Can a file path be too long?
With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260 character maximum path limit in Windows. … Windows 95 abandoned that to allow long file names, but still limited the maximum path length (which includes the full folder path and the file name) to 260 characters.
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