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Jesse Webb
Jesse Webb

Reputation: 45243

What is the maximum length of a Window's command-line (cmd.exe) command?

There are many people asking questions on SO about how to get around the cmd.exe command maximum length. I was wondering what actually is the Windows command-line length limit? Is it different between version of Windows? Does using a 32-bit vs. a 64-bit version affect this limitation?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 10012

Answers (1)

Frank Bollack
Frank Bollack

Reputation: 25166

The first result of asking google about your question was this MS Knowledge Base article:

On computers running Microsoft Windows XP or later, the maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 8191 characters. On computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, the maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 2047 characters.

Upvotes: 14

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