The maximum number of files in the root directory is limited to 512, if
using 8.3 DOS naming routine.
However if you are using long names the count goes down as each long name is
spilt into several short names and each takes short name takes a FAT entry.
For example a long name of 20 characters will reduce the number of files in
the root directory to 510.
Arun K. Andhavarapu
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> I didn't find the details in a quick search, but I know that
> there is still
> a limit on the number of total characters that can be used for naming all
> the files (maybe in the root directory?). Maybe this will jog someone's
> memory to get the details of this limit. I remember reading that
> the space
> allocated for something (maybe FAT entries in root?) limited this total
> number of characters in Win 95 like the limit imposed in DOS for
> the number
> of files allowed in the root directory.
>
> Someone else remember more info????
>
> At 4/21/98 12:09 PM , Richard Ekpat, M.D. wrote:
> >While trying to move a message from OE98 to a floppy drive I got the
> >following error message:
> >
> >"Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or
> programs and try
> >again."
> >snip>
> >My computer knowledge is very elementary, but out of a hunch I decided to
> >rename the file to a much shorter name and try again, and presto! I
> >succeeded. (The original file name was almost a sentence).
> >snip>
> >My questions are these:
> >(a) Why should a very long file name lead to such an error
> message when my
> >system memory and resources were more than adequate (I guess) ?
>
> Doug Simmons
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