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Re: Short Filename Dilemma - Please read - I am going nuts!

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From: Ingo Gabriel
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:00

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Cuzin B wrote:

> Does anyone know how to get NT 4.0 to rid itself of the tilde (~) when
>
> writing it's 8.3 filenames.
> There was a cool registry edit for Win 95 titled NameNumericTail that
> could be added under CurrentControl/FileSystem. This addition of one
> key
> allows Win95 to write it's 8.3 names closer to what they really are:
> NT
> 4.0 writes this text file title (This is a test) as Thisisa~.txt. I
> need
> it as Thisisat.txt
>
> I am trying to install a program from CD-ROM and the tilde included in
>
> the filenames are screwing up this install in a big way.
>
> Any help would be great!
>
> Cuzin B

Try K/o X-Setup 2.0 at  http://www.kos.hwc.com. There're manyother
hidden Win95/NT4 options to modify, too.

Dearly
Ingo G.

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From: Ingo Gabriel <ingo.gabriel@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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Date: 1997/08/14
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