Question

I am trying to test the 31 reparse point limit mentioned for Symbolic link in Windows Vista. But I could not reproduce by any of following listed cases. Can someone guide?

1. Created 36 symlinks in a directory c:\temp\testlink for a executable residing in c:\temp\testlink.

2. Created 36 symlinks in a directory c:\temp\testlink to 36 different executables residing in c:\temp\testlink.

3. Created 36 symlinks in a directory c:\temp1 for 36 different executables residing in c:\temp\testlink.

How does this limit act in Windows 7 and 2008?

-Karthik

Answer 1

The limit refers to the number of reparse points that Windows can follow when evaluating a single path. For instance, C:\a\b\c\d\e can have up to five reparse points (you may have to forgive any off-by-one errors), one for each directory level in the path.

I don’t believe there is any specific limit on how many reparse points a directory can have.