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mackenga · Jul 21st, 2005, 8:26 AM

levk: I'm on a WinXP machine here (not mine, I hasten to add), and it works on this one. The shortened names don't show up in the response to the DIR command, but you can still use them in commands.

Maybe this is not the case on NTFS and this machine's C drive is using VFAT, but I don't think so.

Jul 21st, 2005, 8:26 AM	#5
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	levk: I'm on a WinXP machine here (not mine, I hasten to add), and it works on this one. The shortened names don't show up in the response to the DIR command, but you can still use them in commands. Maybe this is not the case on NTFS and this machine's C drive is using VFAT, but I don't think so.