Windows Operating system has a limit on the number of characters within a File pathname that can be supported within a GUI. Although the root cause of the issue is due to a limitation that is imposed ...Windows Operating system has a limit on the number of characters within a File pathname that can be supported within a GUI. Although the root cause of the issue is due to a limitation that is imposed outside of the NetApp Software, the NetApp software can be negatively impacted if the file path name exceeds 255 characters on a Windows host operating system.