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In article <MPG.e5b851957905150989684@news.cadvision.com>,
cuzinb@intdirect.com (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

The tilde is there to flag the file name munging.  Your rule for NT's
munging is incorrect.   "This is a test" is really "This is a test.txt"
except that you have set your view preference to hide file extensions. 
The 8.3 form is THISIS~1.TXT.  If the same folder contains another file
name with the same initial six characters, like "This is another test"
then it will munge to THISIS~2.TXT.

Could your installation problem be due to this misunderstanding of the
rule?  If not, try installing on a disk with a FAT file system.  Better
still, find an NT-wise version.  If NT's file name munging confuses the
application, much worse could lie ahead.

-- 
Gary Dunn
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