Is there anything a Monk can ‘read’ in the system data or elsewhere of a PC that will give the maximum allowed length for the path and name of an Excel file (and other files as well as I guess I will need this in the future).
If so it would be good to have some clues as to how this is done.
The internet has sites that give various figures and I get the impression that the lengths may depend on the version of Excel and the operating system being used.
There is also some question of if a limit applies to the path and name individually or if the limit has to be applied to the path and name taken together.
Unfortunately the results from admittedly limited tests I have done do not seem to agree with what I have found on the internet.

In reply to Path and File Name Maximum Lengths by merrymonk

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