256 : Character limit for the FileSystem Path in Window. Is it reasonable to limit the character for a FilePath?

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I recently faced a problem when I tried to create a folder, which was more then 256 characters in length. On making some investigation I found that the Windows have limitation on how many characters it can accomodate in the FilePath.

I tried to manually create a folder with more than 256 characters but could not. It will throw "Destination path too long" Error.

 

I believe OS forces individual programmer not to build in dept folder hierarchies

 More details refere to this link : www.codinghorror.com/.../filesystem-paths-how-long-is-too-long.html

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2012
    I had the similar problem and faced it a lot of times. I often solve this type of problems using "Long Path Tool". It helped me in solving this error and all related errors.

  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2015
    you can use Long Path Tool for easy solution.