Hi,

The Windows system's limitation is 260 characters (MAX_PATH). However, the
solution/project hierarchy in Visual Studio 2005 is different from VS2003,
the computation in VS2005 is as the following:

  Path length + 1 (separator) +
  Solution name length + 1 (separator) +
  Project name length + 1 (separator) +
  Project name length +
  80 (Reserved space)

In your example, the computation is:
  82 + 1 +
  32 + 1 +
  32 + 1 +
  32 +
  80
  =   261

The project name length would be added twice: Once for the folder name and
once for the file that holds your project itself (.vbproj, .csproj etc.).
The 80 additional reserved characters are for the files that you place in
the project. Most new project templates create several sub-folders for
intermediate files that help with like intellisense and debugging.  

I hope the above information helps, if you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to let me know. I am standing by to help you.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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