Registry Editor Merge Dialog

[Guest]

Take a look at this window: http://home.comcast.net/~luigiman89/merge.jpg

Should file names in the merge registry entries dialog box look like this?
The real path to this file is C:\Other Files\Registry Backups\. I've been
using the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) recently; could that have anything to do
with this? I just can't remember if file names always looked like that.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The path is truncated. This is not a bad thing.

Truncate = to shorten by or as if by cutting off.

Short File Name (8.3) as opposed to Long file Name.

Windows truncates the file name, if necessary, to six characters and appends
a tilde (~) and a digit. For example, each unique file name created ends
with "~1." Duplicate file names end with "~2," "~3," and so on.

Windows truncates the file name extension to three characters or less.

Long Name C:\Other Files\Registry Backups\OUTLO~1.reg
becomes
Short Name C:\OTHERF~1\REGIST~2\OUTLOOK.reg The last is a guess

How Windows NT Generates MS-DOS Compatible Filenames
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;99589

Try this...
Start | Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK |
What do you see in the Address bar?

There is a setting in your registry that allows 8.3 names on XP.

Some claim that you can increase NTFS performance if you disable 8.3 name
creations. I have mine set to enabled.

(Some 16 bit programs may have trouble finding Long File Names. Don't set
this option if you wish to install Norton NT Utilities.)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Value Name: NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Default: 0
0 = Enabled
1 = Disabled

[[NOTE: The change to the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation registry entry
affects only files, folders, and profiles that are created after the change.
Files that already exist are not affected.]]

How to Disable the 8.3 Name Creation on NTFS Partitions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];121007


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[Guest]

Why does the Registry Editor Merge Dialog box use that format, and why
doesn't that format appear everywhere else?

Also, I added a Command Prompt option to folder context menus using these
registry entries:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew]
@="Command Prompt"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew\Command]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1"

When I clicked that option, the command prompt displayed file names using
8.3 format, while when I go to Start>Run>cmd, they use normal names. Is this
normal?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Set it to:

cmd.exe /k "cd %L"

 

[Wesley Vogel]

As Ramesh posted, %1 passes short names and %l or %L passes long file names.

Command prompt here with long filename (WXP-Pro)
http://www.winguides.com/forums/sho...Number=106618&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&part

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