Has Windows 7 Fixed the 255 Character File Path Limit?

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The Matt picture The Matt · Jun 30, 2009 · Viewed 223.3k times · Source

As I understand it, the limitation of 255 characters in a file path is a Windows limitation. What is the reasoning for this? If so, has this been resolved in Windows 7?

In our continuous integration practices, we often have deeply nested project structures and it would be extremely useful to be able to go beyond 255 characters. Right now we are somewhat forced to structure our projects in such a way as to not hit this artificial ceiling.

Answer

Drew Hoskins picture Drew Hoskins · Jun 30, 2009

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx

This explains that Unicode versions of Windows APIs have higher limits, and how to enable that.

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