Windows PATH length limit?

2023年9月14日 — In older Windows versions like Windows 95, 98, and XP, the maximum path length allowed was a mere 260 characters. This limit included both the ...

2024年5月27日 — The only specification which seems to be straightforward is the MAX_PATH = 260 limit on the file path.

2024年2月6日 — Windows has a file path limit of 260 characters and a directory path limit of 248 characters even though, technically, Windows can handle much longer path ...

Before Windows 95, file names could only be 8 characters long, but now Windows has a 260 character limit for the full path of a file. The Windows 10 Anniversary ...

2023年3月7日 — The current path length limit imposed by Windows is approximately 32,767 UCS-2 words. An exact single limit does not exist (the documentation ...

2023年10月8日 — By default, Windows uses a path length limitation (MAX_PATH) of 256 characters: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces.

2009年12月10日 — Through API contract, Windows has guaranteed all applications that the standard file APIs will never return a path longer than 260 characters.

2024年7月16日 — The Windows API has many functions that also have Unicode versions to permit an extended-length path for a maximum total path length of 32,767 ...

2024年7月16日 — 在Windows API 中（下列段落中討論的一些例外狀況），路徑的最大長度是MAX_PATH，定義為260 個字元。 本機路徑的結構化順序如下：驅動器號、冒號、反斜杠、以反 ...

Microsoft Windows has a MAX_PATH limit of ~256 characters. If the length of the path and filename combined exceed ~256 characters you will be able to see the path/files via Windows/File Explorer, but may not be able to delete/move/rename these paths/files