A. Windows NT has a maximum path size defined as MAX_PATH which is
255 characters. It is possible to use more characters by calling the wide (W)
version of CreateFile and prefixing "\\?\" to the path. The
"\\?\" tells the function to turn off path parsing. This lets you use
paths that are nearly 32,000 Unicode characters long. You must use
fully-qualified paths with this technique. This also works with UNC names.
The "\\?\" is ignored as part of the path.
For example, "\\?\D:\documents\faq.txt" is seen as
"D:\documents\faq.txt".
Programs expecting to find legal file lengths may fall over attempting to
open a file with a long path. If, for example the buffer they are putting the
path into expects a legal file length.
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How can I rename the file in the long path to normal and else? I type "ren C:\test.txt \\?\C:\test1.txt" in Command Prompt and see the message "The syntax of the command is incorrect.". How I do? :(
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