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On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:40:32 -1000, knowtree@aloha.com (Gary Dunn) wrote:

>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.

Yes, an NT aware app would be good.  Does it strike anyone else as weird that
a program that uses long filenames is having trouble with the shortened
version?  Who wrote this crummy software? :-)