XP folder file limit

luv2rallye · Apr 29, 2009

I'm running XP SP3. Is there a limit as to how many files a folder can have? And if so how can it be increased? I thought this was addressed once with a registry hack but I no longer can find it (I've searched). Thanx

Petaluma · Apr 29, 2009

A blatant cut and paste..

"Windows XP it self doesn't have a limit on the number of files per folder. It depends on the file system that you are using. The max files and folders per folder are:
FAT16 - 512
FAT32 - 65,534
NTFS - 4,294,967,295

If you use long file names for the files and folders (over 8 characters for the file name and 3 for the extension) then the number of files and folders available per folder will be reduced on the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems.

If you need to put more files and folders in a single folder you'll need to convert the drive to NTFS."
Click to expand...

That said, if you are running xp then your filesystem is, (most likely) NTFS--so 4,294,967,295
files wow-- I would hate to see that folder...LOL

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luv2rallye · Apr 30, 2009

Thank you for that answer. I have one folder that now has about 10 files that were moved from another folder. I don't know when this happened and it's certainly not something I would have done. I had this happen a couple years ago but I don't remember what caused it. I thought I had read about something like this on here once but can't find it. Any ideas?

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