# \[X\] NTFS path/file length exceeded

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-ntfs-path-file-length-exceeded/4623
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [March 18, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-ntfs-path-file-length-exceeded/4623 "2007-03-18T21:14:50Z")
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### Author: ![Hergest](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hergest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hergest)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-ntfs-path-file-length-exceeded/4623/1 "2007-03-18T21:14:50Z")

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I often select several files in mp3tag and convert tags to filenames. This works a treat.

However, I have found that some other programs cannot load the files because the maximum path/filename in the NTFS filesystem is 255 characters. It seems that mp3tag happily renames files in long folder paths, but that this limit can be exceeded.

I'm not therefore sure if this is a bug (is some error/warning being ignored when a file is renamed?), or whether an extra configuration option could be added to warn if saving filenames that exceed some maximum size (should include the full pathname and filename in the size calculation).

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