Err Msg: File Manager Cannot Create Directory

ID: q106002

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you try to create a directory or subdirectory in File Manager whose total path from the root, including backslashes (\), will be longer that 245 characters, you will receive the following error message:

   File Manager cannot create directory. The filename or extension is
   too long.

You will not be able create the directory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords          : kbother
Version           : 3.1
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: August 17, 1998