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Old 05-16-2008   #1 (permalink)
pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com


 
 

A folder can contain how many files maximum?

I have an ASP.NET page that randomly create new XML files to store temporary
data.

I would like to know what is the maximum number of files that a folder could
keep.

Thanks.

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Regards,
Pedestrian, Penang.

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Old 05-16-2008   #2 (permalink)
Alex Meleta


 
 

Re: A folder can contain how many files maximum?

Hi

It depends, see there http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true

Regards, Alex
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p> I have an ASP.NET page that randomly create new XML files to store
p> temporary data.
p>
p> I would like to know what is the maximum number of files that a
p> folder could keep.
p>


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Old 05-16-2008   #3 (permalink)
Jeff Winn


 
 

Re: A folder can contain how many files maximum?

I've had upwards of 40k files in a folder before, one thing you need to be
careful of is trying to open the folder with that many files in it using
explorer. It tends to get extremely laggy if you try and view a folder with
that many files in it. Which is expected, after all it is trying to show you
40k entries in a listview.

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>I have an ASP.NET page that randomly create new XML files to store
>temporary
> data.
>
> I would like to know what is the maximum number of files that a folder
> could
> keep.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pedestrian, Penang.
>
> Message posted via DotNetMonster.com
> http://www.dotnetmonster.com/Uwe/For...neral/200805/1
>
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Old 05-19-2008   #4 (permalink)
pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com


 
 

Re: A folder can contain how many files maximum?

Hi, thanks for the useful information.

Jeff Winn wrote:
Quote:

>I've had upwards of 40k files in a folder before, one thing you need to be
>careful of is trying to open the folder with that many files in it using
>explorer. It tends to get extremely laggy if you try and view a folder with
>that many files in it. Which is expected, after all it is trying to show you
>40k entries in a listview.
>
Quote:

>>I have an ASP.NET page that randomly create new XML files to store
>>temporary
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Quote:

>>
>> Thanks.
--
Regards,
Pedestrian, Penang.

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Old 05-19-2008   #5 (permalink)
pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com


 
 

Re: A folder can contain how many files maximum?

Thanks for replying.

Alex Meleta wrote:
Quote:

>Hi
>
>It depends, see there http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true
>
>Regards, Alex
>[TechBlog] http://devkids.blogspot.com
>
>p> I have an ASP.NET page that randomly create new XML files to store
>p> temporary data.
>p>
>p> I would like to know what is the maximum number of files that a
>p> folder could keep.
>p>
--
Regards,
Pedestrian, Penang.

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