xp pro sp3 max path length

[johnyb98]

Hello everybody!

 

Please, I would like some clarifications on Windows XP Pro SP3 about max path length.

 

Reading here and there I have come to the conclusion that max xp pro SP3 path length is 260 chatacters:

 

1 letter drive+semiconol+backslash+path+filename+3 letter extension+NULL = 260 χαρακτήρες.

 

So, an example is C:\256-characters-path-including-file-name-and-extention

 

which if counted equals 259 characters (256+3 for C:\ )

 

and there us one more character left which is ending character. So, useful max path length for path and filename is 256 characters.

 

 Is this correct for XP Pro SP3?

[Blebekblebek]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265769/maximum-filename-length-in-ntfs-windows-xp-and-windows-vista

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r4237753-Maximum-File-Path-length-Win-XP-FAT32-NTFS

https://superuser.com/questions/14883/what-is-the-longest-file-path-that-windows-can-handle

 

260 characters for all

[johnyb98]

Thank you!

 

So, loging in the XP Windows with user1 (username) I find more than 260 chars. What is your opinion? How could be created?