All the folders don't appear in short name format, Why?

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I have Windows XP service pack 2 installed on my machine. I am facing a
problem that few folder names are not being displayed in short names
where as others are displayed.

The output of dir /x command on DOS prompt displays the output. The
confusion is, why few are being displayed in short name format and
others aren't even thought they are far more than 8 characters?

Can anyone advise about this scenario?

Regards,

Faiz
 
I have Windows XP service pack 2 installed on my machine. I am facing a
problem that few folder names are not being displayed in short names
where as others are displayed.

The output of dir /x command on DOS prompt displays the output. The
confusion is, why few are being displayed in short name format and
others aren't even thought they are far more than 8 characters?

Can anyone advise about this scenario?

Regards,

Faiz
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Can you give an example?
 
I have Windows XP service pack 2 installed on my machine. I am facing a
problem that few folder names are not being displayed in short names
where as others are displayed.

The output of dir /x command on DOS prompt displays the output. The
confusion is, why few are being displayed in short name format and
others aren't even thought they are far more than 8 characters?

Can anyone advise about this scenario?

Regards,

Faiz
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The cmdline help for DIR indicates that "If no short name is present,
blanks are displayed in its place."

I'm making a WAG that the names are only generated when called-upon by a
16-bit application. You can turn the generation off:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/q210638/?
 
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