commandline argument parameter limitation

Question

Language: C# I have to pass a huge string array (built dynamically) as an argument to run an exe. I am thinking of acheiving it by the below 2 ways. But I am not feeling confid

Answer 1

It is not really good practice to use command line arguments for huge arrays. Put your arguments in a configuration file instead, and just pass the filename as a command line argument.

The OS limit varies with the Windows version. It could be about 2k or 8k:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830473