SysWOW64\cmd.exe : Gives Errors Path Too Long %APPDATA%

Question

While searching for bookmarks*.* files in the %APPDATA% with the built-in directory command of the 64-bit (?) cmd.exe located in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe folder location, the cmd.exe prompt presents ERROR after ERROR about the "Path too long".

Answer 1

Also, I use a shortcut to open the cmd.exe application.

The SHORT-CUT I place "C:\Program Files (x86)" into the "START IN" text-box.

That "Short-Cut" "START IN" text-box fails to get read, whether or not quotation marks get used.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>dir cmd.exe

 Volume in drive C is YouC

 Volume Serial Number is DE43-E9AB

 Directory of C:\Windows\SysWOW64

2014-10-28  05:05 PM           315,392 cmd.exe

               1 File(s)        315,392 bytes

               0 Dir(s)  365,852,663,808 bytes free

C:\Windows\SysWOW64>

FURTHERMORE, the cmd.exe settings Height: 2000, Width: 4000.  Those work well enough, so it ends up most likely something to do with the actual cmd.exe program as opposed to the kernel32.dll or the shell32.dll or

the user32.dll files.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir cmd.exe

 Volume in drive C is YouC

 Volume Serial Number is DE43-E9AB

 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

2014-10-28  05:05 PM           315,392 cmd.exe

               1 File(s)        315,392 bytes

               0 Dir(s)  365,850,726,400 bytes free

C:\WINDOWS\system32>md5sum.exe -b cmd.exe

622d21c40a25f9834a03bfd5ff4710c1 *cmd.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

98a9ac93fe31f38f47f38db78bf12fa0c6214f9a  cmd.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

SPECIFICALLY

With 4000 width possible, the cmd.exe fails to recognize more than 200 ANSI characters (or Unicode).

C:\Users>dir *.html /s

...

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\LiveComm