32,767: the real Windows file path limit

The Litigation Support Tip of the Night for March 13, 2017 discussed how to get around the 255 limit for file paths in Windows Explorer in the Windows 10 operating system. The actual NTFS file system used by Windows actually has a far longer file path limit of 32,767 characters. See this post to the Microsoft Windows Developer site on Maximum Path Length Limitation., which confirms this is the limit. The reason why is that this is highest number that can be used for a 16-bit application written for early versions of Windows.

Easily check out Bluetooth devices in your area

Don't miss another great free utility from Nirsoft: BlueToothView available here: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bluetooth_viewer.html will generate a list of bluetooth devices within range of your PC, and indicate which type of device they are - cellular phone and so on.

PXE Black Screen

Windows 10 users may experience a scary shut down of their PC, where the screen goes black and you are presented with this message:

Start PXE over IPv6.

This error results when your PC can't find a network device with an operating system that the PC can be booted from. Disconnect any drives or devices that you have connected to your PC , and restart. This should solve the problem.

The PXE is the preboot execution environment, which allows a computer to boot via a network, even when no hard drive is present. The error message can also come up when the PXE is booted before the hard drive of the computer.