>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] 
>Sent: 23 October 2006 14:29
>To: PIC List
>Subject: [OT]:: (another)Part of DOS is broken.
>
>
>I suppose this has been broken for years.
>I'd swear I'd used it recently.
>
>    DIR  ABCD????.JPG    etc
>
>no longer returns what you'd expect of olde time.
>
>And
>
>        DIR   ABCD???3.JPG
>
>returns files with abcdef~3.JPG short file names.
>
>I suppose you can alter this behaviour somewhere but it's not yet 
>obvious (to me) how.
>Very annoying.


It's documented by Microsoft, buy typical no work around is suggested:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a6aaf662-4153-4f8c-873e-58d91aedc1ea1033.mspx?mfr=true

A possible "sledgehammer" fix is to prevent NTFS from generating the short file name:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/28231.mspx?mfr=true

Obviously this is only of use if you don't use any legacy apps that require short names.

Regards

Mike

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