Limitations
Even in Windows 7, Explorer uses the ANSI API calls, so it is limited to operating on paths that have fewer than 260 (MAX_PATH in windef.h) characters. The limitation applies to some operations like copying, moving or deleting files (to the recycle bin), but not to simply accessing files by double-click. Other Microsoft file tools, like Robocopy, do not have this limitation.
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