File Name Length, Folder Name Length, and Path Length

[High_Jumbllama]

Anyone know what the limits for File Name Length, Folder Name Length, and Path Length are in Windows XP or any other iteration of Windows and NTFS?

I do get a bit name happy with the various updates from Microsoft. One such name and path that did not trip it up is

D:\PC\System\OS Updates\Multi Platform Components\Windows Media Player\11\XP\2008-01 - SP2 and SP3 - You repeatedly receive a message to install update 929399 on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP - windowsmedia11-kb929399-v2-x86-intl.exe

[Marshmallowman]

260 characters according to (local path)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx

But every Maxpathlength constant I have seen in programs seems to be 256, I guess programmers a little bit conservative.

[High_Jumbllama]

Thanks.