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NTFS supports long file names and extended-length paths, with the following maximum values:

- **Support for long file names, with backward compatibility**: NTFS supports long file names, storing an 8.3 alias on disk (in Unicode) to provide compatibility with file systems that impose an 8.3 limit on file names and extensions. If needed, for performance reasons, you can selectively disable 8.3 aliasing on individual NTFS volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and more recent versions of the Windows OS. In Windows Server 2008 R2 and later systems, short names are disabled by default when a volume is formatted using the OS. For application compatibility, short names still are enabled on the system volume.
- **Support for long file names, with backward compatibility**: NTFS supports long file names, storing an 8.3 alias on disk (in Unicode) to provide compatibility with file systems that impose an 8.3 limit on file names and extensions. If needed, for performance reasons, you can selectively disable 8.3 aliasing on individual NTFS volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and more recent versions of the Windows OS. In Windows Server 2012 and later systems, short names are disabled by default when a volume is formatted using the OS. For application compatibility, short names still are enabled on the system volume.

- **Support for extended-length paths**: Many Windows API functions have Unicode versions that allow an extended-length path of approximately 32,767 characters. That total is beyond the 260-character path limit defined by the MAX\_PATH setting. For detailed file name and path format requirements, and guidance for implementing extended-length paths, see [Naming files, paths, and namespaces](/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file).

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