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could use <br />
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dir /ad /s<br />
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to show you the directories... &nbsp;<br />
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Map a drive to the share...then run<br />
<br />
dir /ad /s<br />
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could use

dir /ad /s

to show you the directories...  

Map a drive to the share...then run

dir /ad /s



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or go to the root:<br />
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dir /ad /s &nbsp;&gt;&gt;c:\temp\directories.txt<br />
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Then open the directories.txt file using excel... you should be able to see the bigger directories here...<br />
<br />
use dir /s to see the files too if you want.<br />
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or go to the root:

dir /ad /s  >>c:\temp\directories.txt

Then open the directories.txt file using excel... you should be able to see the bigger directories here...

use dir /s to see the files too if you want.



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Thanks for the response, I tried the above, however it only gives the directory name, I need the number of characters of the entire path.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
A.M.
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Thanks for the response, I tried the above, however it only gives the directory name, I need the number of characters of the entire path.

Thanks,

A.M.

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I have a fileserver running Windows 2003 server. I know there is a limit on the length of the path there can be. Files start getting hosed up and everything just gets ugly. Is there a way on a server or computer to determine the longest pathname for a group of folders without having to look manually?<br />
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pathname &nbsp;example: //folder1/folder2/folder3/<wbr />folder4/fo<wbr />lder5/file<wbr />.doc<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
A.M.<br />

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I have a fileserver running Windows 2003 server. I know there is a limit on the length of the path there can be. Files start getting hosed up and everything just gets ugly. Is there a way on a server or computer to determine the longest pathname for a group of folders without having to look manually?

pathname  example: //folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5/file.doc

Thanks

A.M.


How to Find the longest pathname on a server?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).