Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.

Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?

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"Terry Pinnell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>
> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?
>
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> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

- Which of your regular programs display SFNs (Short File Names)?
- Is this a recent occurrence?

"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Terry Pinnell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
>> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?
>>
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>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK
>
>- Which of your regular programs display SFNs (Short File Names)?

PaintShop Pro is one. I made a mental note of another one - which I
now can't remember or find!

And I cannot today reproduce this after dragging many files into PSP
from various folders. All show their full name in the title.

I thought it might have something to do with the entry in File Types.,
a topic I've never really understood this topic. For example, below
are the settings for opening a PSP image file in PSP and a JPG in
IrfanView respectively. Do you know why they should be different?


PSP
---
Application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\Jasc Software Inc\Paint Shop Pro 8\Paint Shop
Pro.exe" /dde

Used DDE:
Checked

DDE Message:
[open("%1")]

IrfanView
---------
Application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.exe" "%1"

Used DDE:
Checked

(DDE Message: blank)

>- Is this a recent occurrence?

Yes. At least, I only became aware of it recently.

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Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>
> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?
>
Put the following line in the batch file for them:

set LFN=Y

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chuckcar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
>> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?

>Put the following line in the batch file for them:
>
>set LFN=Y

Chucktard can hurt your OS, you read, chuckle, then find some real
advice.

Not knowing what OS your using, there was that option in the control
panel/folder Options/View up to Win2000.

XP apparently requires a Registry edit, you need to figure out why it
changed in the first place/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007
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> chuckcar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
>>> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?
>
>>Put the following line in the batch file for them:
>>
>>set LFN=Y
>
> Chucktard can hurt your OS, you read, chuckle, then find some real
> advice.
>
No mention or *asking* even of OS, only that the "name is displayed in
abbreviated form" the fact that it displays it at *all* dictates that
we're talking about DOS in some form. Now unless *you* can prove you have
a clue about this just **** off.

>
> XP apparently requires a Registry edit, you need to figure out why it
> changed in the first place/
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007

Bullshit. It's a setting that's existed since 95. You don't mess around
with regedit if you can avoid it at *all*. *First* you eliminate the
commone causes *then* you worry about system "flaws". Technet only give
fixes where there *are* no setting problems.


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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> chuckcar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> Several of my regular programs have started displaying the name of the
>>> file opened in abbreviated (DOS 8.3) form, instead of the full name.
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a likely cause (and cure) please?
>
>>Put the following line in the batch file for them:
>>
>>set LFN=Y
>
>Chucktard can hurt your OS, you read, chuckle, then find some real
>advice.
>
>Not knowing what OS your using, there was that option in the control
>panel/folder Options/View up to Win2000.
>
>XP apparently requires a Registry edit, you need to figure out why it
>changed in the first place/
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007

Thanks. I wasn't aware of that performance hit, or indeed that you
could switch off 8.3 file creation. I may try that. I'm guessing that
the equivalent command to RE-enable it is:
fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 1
although that's not explicit in the KB article. I've tried neither
command yet. I do occasionally use 8.3 filenames so I'm concerned that
running that disable command might remove that facility.

Anyway, as you may have seen from my reply to Pegasus, I'm (happily)
unable to reproduce the problem right now. Mind you, I hate unsolved
puzzles, and I expect this issue will return when I've forgotten about
it!

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chuckcar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Chucktard can hurt your OS, you read, chuckle, then find
>> some real advice.
>>
> No mention or *asking* even of OS, only that the "name is
> displayed in abbreviated form"

Most newish posters do not mention the OS since they don't know
they should, etc.

> the fact that it displays it
> at *all* dictates that we're talking about DOS in some
> form.

My CD-R file titles display in DOS format under Windows, at
least some of the time. I don't know why, and thank fubar, I
don't care.

> Now unless *you* can prove you have a clue about this
> just **** off.

Jeesh, will you kids stop it? "Can't we all just get along?"

<SNIP>



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chuckcar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No mention or *asking* even of OS, only that the "name is displayed in
>abbreviated form" the fact that it displays it at *all* dictates that
>we're talking about DOS in some form.

Don't need to know the OS, the feature was used until Windows 2000 you
could enable 8.3 thru the folder options.

If your capable of doing so, in a CMD window type in DIR /X
both long and 8.3 convention are listed, it's a trick to delete files
with higher ascii names (you delete the 8.3 file name)

As I look now this was also posted to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general so how you can come up with DOS..

Second opinion
http://v2.tlab404.com/articles/detai...q=377&iType=15
regedit.
This will disable using DIR /X as the 8.3 will no longer be listed


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Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Anyway, as you may have seen from my reply to Pegasus, I'm (happily)
>unable to reproduce the problem right now.

No they didn't cross post.
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