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<p>One of my friends reported the error while trying to copy several files from an external USB drive using Windows 7 x64 OS.</p>
<p>Randomly the user gets an error that the <span style="color: #003300;">Destination Path is Too Long</span>.</p>
<p>To be able to solve Destination Path is Too Long issue you will have to simplify folders and titles because of the Operating System limitation. <!--more--></p>
<p>Windows 2000 has a 254 character limit.<br />
Windows XP has a 255 character limit.<br />
Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a 260 character limit.</p>
<p>Path+Filename limit is <span style="color: #003300;"><b>260 characters</b></span>.</p>
<p>Exceeding either will result in the error mentioned.<br />
So, to solve this simplify your folders and titles.</p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #008000;">More info&#8230;</span></p>
<p>Each application/API handles long filenames differently, so be careful:</p>
<p>For instance, Nero 6 could only handle 108 characters, but that isn&#8217;t mentioned. Instead, it burned the disc and truncated the filename resulting in garbage.<br />
QuickTime 2006 could only handle 63 characters. Oops to all those podcasts titles.<br />
Even Mac systems advertised 255 characters, but the shell could only handle 31 characters until OS X.</p>
<p>While there are a few workarounds, they are limited in how they can be used and becomes somewhat inconvenient if you are handling lots of files:<br />
From the command prompt only.<br />
May overwrite other data in the filename record resulting in loss of information: (ie. attributes, creation date, starting location for file, etc.)</p>
<p>&#8220;What should I do?&#8221;</p>
<p>The answer was already proposed: Simplify your titles.</p>