maximum files in a folder

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Alan Jones

Does widows place any limitation on the number of files
that can be put in a single folder. Searched everywhere
but can find no mention. Thanks
 
If you are using NTFS, then no. Where things can get a little tricky is the
UI (i.e. Explorer) will get slower as the file count increases (it is
enumerating the list and that can take a while if you have 100's of 1000's
of files). When that begins to occur, you can use the cmd line.

Other apps (e.g. IIS) that may access a directory w/very large file counts
don't have the problem (they don't enumerate the file list, they just try to
open file 'X').


Pat
 
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