Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
pathname length limitations
Name: jw4444 Date: July 16, 2007 at 16:38:34 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: Intel Product: Dell
Comment:
I've just learned that all Microsoft Office 200x products (Word, Excel, Office, Powerpoint) have a 218-254 character limit on the length of a pathname (ie the filename including the drive letter/UNC and all folders, everything from the "c:\" or "\\share" to the extension). Isn't that really annoying?!
I'm wondering if anyone knows if this applies to absolutely every version of Office (including the latest, whatever that is)? How about OpenOffice?
Are there similar limits for Windows 2000/XP/Vista in general (besides those that apply to CDs)?
Name: Razor2.3 Date: July 16, 2007 at 22:43:13 Pacific
Reply:
It's a Windows limitation (and not an Office limitation), so I'd say it's in every version of Office for Windows for the foreseeable 32-bit future.
0
Response Number 2
Name: Pugwash (by John Gregory) Date: July 16, 2007 at 23:13:42 Pacific
Reply:
Well, in ?! years of using a computer I've never had a problem such as you describe, perhaps I'm well practiced in using a sensible file/folder naming regime.
It's not that I can't remember things as I get older, it's just that my hard drive's full.
Summary: I was using a rather large document in word at 32 mb I was just wondering if there was a limit to how large documents are allowed to be in Microsoft Word? ...
Summary: I believe the limit on an SQL statement is 32,768 characters, so no the limit on the "Where" part of the SQL is not limited to 256 chacarcters. unlike the SQL Statement action argument in the Macro wi...
Summary: Is there anyway to change the maximum character limit in Access 2000 from 255 to (for example) 10,000 characters? A registry tweak perhaps? ...
0 
