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Q: Which characters cannot be used in Windows XP file names?
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How many characters can be in a file name using Windows 95?

Windows 95 supported file names up to 255 characters in length.


File name can have a Maximum of Characters?

In DOS, 8 characters.In Windows, 254 characters.


How long is long file names?

260 characters


What file names are legal under the windows xp file naming rules?

See this URL for some discussion of Windows file names: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx


How many characters is a typical windows file extension?

3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.


What windows operating system first introduced long file names?

Windows 2000


How many characters can a file name have in winsows xp?

A filename in windows XP can have up to 255 characters.


Windows cannot access the specified device path file?

When you get a message that says, 'Windows cannot access the specified device path file,' this means that an error has occurred which has corrupted the file and made it inaccessible.


Why file name in Windows cannot contain a colon?

Any file name can not contain /, \, *, ?, :, |, ", &lt; or &gt;..


Directory names and file names can be how many characters long?

The maximum length of a directory name or file name is affected by the location itself.The maximum length of the path to a file on a modern Operating System is 255 characters.


Does Windows requires a 3 character file extension?

No. The 3 character extension is a limitation of MS-DOS. Versions of Windows from Windows 95 and later support an arbitrary number of characters for a file extension, as long as the total filename length is 255 or less characters.


What is the maximum numbers of characters allowed in a file name path?

cannot exceed 260 characters