converting long file names

[Guest]

I am using an application that executes windows commands, but these must be
specified as short names. Is there some easy or logical way of determining
what these names might be??

For instance, if I install acrobat reader, the directory it goes to is
acroba~1 - if I then later upgrade, it becomes acroba~2.

 

[Guest]

Hi Jedron:

Everything you never wanted to know about file names:
http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/lfns.htm

According to my yahoo search there are many utilities out there which will
convert long file names to DOS so called "8.3" file names.

the challenge is obvious: written in 8.3, the 10 commandments would read:
ThoSha~1.exe
ThoSha~2.exe
etc...

good luck to you

Mark

 

[Guest]

and anouther

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...00/server/reskit/en-us/core/fncc_fil_ianf.asp