Long path (260+) archiving in Metalogix Archive Manager Files Edition (4311975)

In the Windows API, the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes and a terminating null character.

For example, the maximum path on drive D is D:\ some 256-character path string <NUL> where <NUL> represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. NOTE: The < > characters are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.

Archiving files with file paths of more than 260 characters is not available in Archive Manager Files Edition for NTFS or NetApp sources.

Reference: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces