The windows API by default supports paths with up to 260 chars. This limit can be exended to support paths with 32.767 chars, which is what FreeFileSync does.
However even in this later case additional constraints apply:
A component within a path must not exceed 255 characters, which is the problem ...
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- 04 May 2015, 12:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Problem with long file names
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- 30 Apr 2015, 10:45
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Problem with long file names
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Problem with long file names
I'm trying to use FreeFileSync for backup of user files from workstations running Windows Vista OS and specially like the support for long file names, but somehow this feature doesn't work for me. Can someone explain it to me how this feature works? I also tried adding "\\?\" in front of the file ...
