A
Alice
When I download an application from the internet - e.g.,
Symantec's Intelligent updater virus definitions (which
have a very long name), the application cannot find
itself, and gives an error "Cannot find file C:\docume~1
\... (using Dos substitution for the actual path)... and
fails to run.
If I rename the downloaded application with an 8.3 name,
it will run.
Microsoft says this has to do with long filenames not
being recognized... and is "working on the problem."
My question is: Where, in XP, can I check the Long
Filenames settings and change them - short of editing the
registry?
Symantec's Intelligent updater virus definitions (which
have a very long name), the application cannot find
itself, and gives an error "Cannot find file C:\docume~1
\... (using Dos substitution for the actual path)... and
fails to run.
If I rename the downloaded application with an 8.3 name,
it will run.
Microsoft says this has to do with long filenames not
being recognized... and is "working on the problem."
My question is: Where, in XP, can I check the Long
Filenames settings and change them - short of editing the
registry?