Limitation on Number of Files in a Folder 1

[2ITLTD]

Can anyone tell me if there is a limitation on the number of files that a folder can hold. I have a Windows 2000 PC with an NTFS file system.

 

[bcastner]

4,294,967,295 (2^32 minus 1 file)

 

[bcastner]

Note: that is for all files in a volume. There is no folder limit.

If you use large numbers of files in an NTFS folder (300,000 or more), disable short-file name generation, especially if the first six characters of the long file names are similar.

For FAT32 filestores:
Maximum number of files and subfolders within a single folder: 65,534 (The use of long file names can significantly reduce the number of available files and subfolders within a folder.) Files per volume: 4,177,920

For FAT16 filestores:
Maximum number of files and folders within the root folder: 512 (Long file names can reduce the number of available files and folders in the root folder.) Files per volume: Approximately 65,536 (2^16 files)