How do I find files with a path length greater than 260 characters in Windows?

Question

I\'m using a xcopy in an XP windows script to recursively copy a directory. I keep getting an \'Insufficient Memory\' error, which I understand is because a file I\'m tryin

Answer 1

As a refinement of simplest solution, and if you can’t or don’t want to install Powershell, just run:

dir /s /b | sort /r /+261 > out.txt

or (faster):

dir /s /b | sort /r /+261 /o out.txt

And lines longer than 260 will get to the top of listing. Note that you must add 1 to SORT column parameter (/+n).