Dir name with extended characters

[Mint]

No response from a Vista group.

Using Vista on another computer, I made a directory using the extended
ASCII standard characters.

It shows up in explorer.exe, but not from a cmd window.

How do I get to that directory from a cmd window?

Vielen Dank.

 

[Don Phillipson]

Using Vista on another computer, I made a directory using the extended
ASCII standard characters.

It shows up in explorer.exe, but not from a cmd window.

How do I get to that directory from a cmd window?

MS-DOS cannot use ext ASCII characters, thus probably
cannot display or go to a folder with such chars in its name.
You must probably use a Vista tool for your purpose.

 

[Nil]

No response from a Vista group.

Using Vista on another computer, I made a directory using the
extended ASCII standard characters.

It shows up in explorer.exe, but not from a cmd window.

How do I get to that directory from a cmd window?

Once again, you are so stingy with information that you're not likely
to get an accurate answer, just wild guesses.

The use of extended characters is not in of itself a problem for CMD. I
created a directory called "éxténdéd" with both Explorer and CMD. I can
see and enter that directory with both Explorer and CMD.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

No response from a Vista group.

Using Vista on another computer, I made a directory using the extended
ASCII standard characters.

It shows up in explorer.exe, but not from a cmd window.

How do I get to that directory from a cmd window?

Vielen Dank.

cd directory name works for me.
cd {7╪╞ ô gets me to that directory.

 

[Mint]

Once again, you are so stingy with information that you're not likely
to get an accurate answer, just wild guesses.

The use of extended characters is not in of itself a problem for CMD. I
created a directory called " xt nd d" with both Explorer and CMD. I can
see and enter that directory with both Explorer and CMD.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

If you can't answer cheerfully, I will no longer respond to your
posts.

Andy

 

[Mint]

cd directory name works for me.
cd {7╪╞ ô  gets me to that directory.

I want to make sure that you understand my definition of extended
chars.

One of my favorite is Alt 255.

Andy

 

[Nil]

If you can't answer cheerfully, I will no longer respond to your
posts.

If you don't start helping yourself by providing some reasonable
details, you will no longer get any responses at all. It's a game
you're playing, I've seen it plenty of times before. As far as I can
tell, you don't really want an answer, you just want the attention, so
you drag it out by being vague and making people beg for the
information you intentionally withheld.

If you really wanted an answer, you'd provide a complete and detailed
description of the issue. It's only logical. To neglect to tell us what
the name of the directory can only be an intentional ploy on your part
to force someone to ask you the crucial question, "what is the name of
the directory." That's your game.

If you're expecting to be treated like a baby, you're in the wrong
place. If you're looking to be cheered up, you're in the wrong place.
If you're expecting people to waste their valuable time playing mind
games with you, you're in the wrong place. If you have a problem and
you want to tap a large pool of expertise and experience, you have come
to the right place, but you will probably find that people won't bother
if you're not willing to do your part.

 

[John Wunderlich]

m:

I want to make sure that you understand my definition of extended
chars.

One of my favorite is Alt 255.

Andy

No problem.
From a command prompt window in the directory that this file/folder
with an extended character resides in, execute the command:
dir /x
This will reveal an alternate 8.3 name that can be used to access the
file or directory. Usually this will be the first 6 "normal"
characters in the file/directory name followed by a "~1". You can
use this alternate name in any place you would normally use the name
with "extended" characters.

HTH,
John

 

[Mint]

m:







No problem.
From a command prompt window in the directory that this file/folder
with an extended character resides in, execute the command:
   dir /x
This will reveal an alternate 8.3 name that can be used to access the
file or directory.  Usually this will be the first 6 "normal"
characters in the file/directory name followed by a "~1".  You can
use this alternate name in any place you would normally use the name
with "extended" characters.

HTH,
  John

Much appreciated John.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Andy

 

[Mint]

255 is a special case, as is 127.
Make sure you have utf-8 turned on or you won't see
the extended characters that I posted before.
cd and altnumber gets me to that directory.

How do I make sure utf-8 is turned off.

So, were you born in Houston?

Andy

 

[Nil]

MS-DOS cannot use ext ASCII characters, thus probably
cannot display or go to a folder with such chars in its name.
You must probably use a Vista tool for your purpose.

That may be true, but it doesn't apply on two levels...

- He's using XP and Vista, not DOS,

- despite what the OP claims, directory and file names using extended
ASCII characters *do* show up in both Explorer and CMD. You can
manipulate them using all the usual tools.

As seems typical for this guy, he's not telling us everything that's
going on.

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

How do I make sure utf-8 is turned off.

So, were you born in Houston?

Andy

Turn charset=ISO-8859-1 back on.
You had that on in your first post.
No, I am not from Houston. Few people are from here
unless they are under 30 or from another country.

 

[Mint]

Turn  charset=ISO-8859-1  back on.
You had that on in your first post.
No, I am not from Houston.  Few people are from here
unless they are under 30 or from another country.

Thanks.

I was born in Houston in the fifties.

There are still a lot of native borns there.

Andy

 

[Mint]

That may be true, but it doesn't apply on two levels...

- He's using XP and Vista, not DOS,

- despite what the OP claims, directory and file names using extended
ASCII characters *do* show up in both Explorer and CMD. You can
manipulate them using all the usual tools.

As seems typical for this guy, he's not telling us everything that's
going on.

Poor, I would not recommend this post.

 

[Nil]

Poor, I would not recommend this post.

Help! I'm being oppressed!

 

[MyNews]

I a Oklie in Houston for 20 years but my Wife all her live I The Heights!

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Console windows use by default an "OEM" codepage
for compatibility with the old MS-DOS.
OEM codepages have a different encoding than the
windows "ANSI" codepage. The Windows Explorer and
the file systems work with Unicode which is under
Windows UTF-16.

But the codepage of the console windows can be
changed. The first requirement is the usage of a
unicode font. In the settings of the console window
choose the font "Lucida Console".

Now select an ANSI codepage in the console windows, e.g.
if you are in central Europe

chcp 1252

Now most characters with accents and all umlauts should
be diplayed correctly.

You can change the default codepage for console windows
in the registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage
in the value "OEMCP".


Uwe