Dragan said his SET PATH is of length 382, and asked why anybody thought there was a lower limit.

>>Does the PATH in that link refer to the length of the path for a particular file name, or to the length of a SET PATH ?
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>I think it refers to the PATH environmental variable. It will be nice if Sergey can clarify - or you can check the link he provided as a reference to be sure.
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>>>>>>>Having a nonexistent directory in the path can make a system really sloooooow.
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>>>>>>Ooops !
>>>>>>That's true, specially with Vista and Seven.
>>>>>>Does that fit to your case Jon ?
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>>>>>If you "trip over" the 254 character per line limit and the last directory name is cut off, you will also end up with a nonexistent directory name.
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>>>>My path is 382 bytes long. What limit?
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>>>Take a look here
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>>>Windows Limitations of Path