Explorer Cannot Enumerate Path Longer than 260 Characters

 Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q101635

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Services for Macintosh

Any attempts to enumerate paths longer than 260 characters fails with File Manager, Explorer, and traversing the directory tree in a MS-DOS window in Windows NT. Other operations, such as setting Windows NT or Macintosh permissions in Windows NT, fail as well. This behavior can cause problems when you run Windows NT Services for Macintosh (SFM) because Macintosh paths often exceed 260 characters.

To work around this limitation, view the directory or set the required permissions on a Macintosh.

NOTE: Because of this limitation, you cannot backup these directories using Microsoft Windows NT Backup.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 3.50 3.51 4.00 mac
Keywords : ntmac NTSrv kbinterop
Version : WinNT:3.1,4.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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