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MAX_PATH is the same for both
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Re^3: Is there a way to catch an error within a module?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 23, 2008 at 09:57 UTC

    Wrong! From the docs for FindFirstFile:

    In the ANSI version of this function, the name is limited to MAX_PATH characters. To extend this limit to 32,767 widecharacters, call the Unicode version of the function and prepend "\\?\" to the path. For more information, see Naming a File.
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