How find path & folder name in 8.3 format?

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Andy

An applicatyion does not recognise the special characyers in oe of my
folder names. Too late to change it now.

Want to try 8.3 notation for the folder path + folder name.

How can I see what the 8.3 name for these is?
 
dir /x

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| An applicatyion does not recognise the special characyers in oe of my
| folder names. Too late to change it now.
|
| Want to try 8.3 notation for the folder path + folder name.
|
| How can I see what the 8.3 name for these is?
 
Dave

This shows me the sub-folders in 8.3 format.
Is there a way to see the whole path in 8.3?

I want to see 8.3 for one particular folder.

Thank you - Angy
 
This shows me the sub-folders in 8.3 format.
Is there a way to see the whole path in 8.3?
Click to expand...

run the old MS-DOS deltree.exe utility to delete a single
temp file or something... when it returns to a prompt,
it'll truncate every folder name in the path to its 8.3
name.
 
Start|Run|cmd.exe
then navigate to the desired directory then;
command
to shell to the 16 bit command interpreter

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave
|
| This shows me the sub-folders in 8.3 format.
| Is there a way to see the whole path in 8.3?
|
| I want to see 8.3 for one particular folder.
|
| Thank you - Angy
 
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