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The Reason it works is because the dir becomes 8.3 format and then is
changed back and since there is no other dir named the same it changes it
to PROGRA~1
PS: Windows 95 does not I think remember old changed files as otherwise if
u changed them in an old Dos it would muck everything up.
-- 
Linus@xtra.co.nz



rimfire@awwwsome.com (Garry Hobart) wrote in article
<33aec6de.692799@news.wco.com>...
> On Sun, 22 Jun 1997 15:57:06 -0600, "Jerry L. Gubka" <jlguru@cris.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Loren Brookes wrote:
> >> 
> >> I did areally stupid thing... I changed 'Program Files' to 'Progra~1'
> >> when trying find out why the DOS search program I was writing, would
not
> >> recogonize the the directory. When I changed it back to 'Program
files',
> >> the DOS name changed to 'Progra~2' :<
> >> 
> >> How do I change it back again ???
> >> 
> >> Please help.
> >> 
> >> Thankyou.
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Loren Brookes
> >> wbrook@xtra.co.nz
> >
> >I had this problem a couple of weeks ago (unknown cause ... but probably
> >twiddling with something I shouldn't have been, like you ;-} ). I just
> >used file manager to rename "Program Files" to "Programs" and then
> >renamed it back to "Program Files". Cleared it right up.
> >
> >Live long, and prosper
> >Jerry L. Gubka
> 
> This will probably leave the dos association as progra~2. If it did
> not I would be surprised. My brother  found a way that seems to work.
> Rename program files to oldprogram files. Then create a new folder
> "Program files" and copy all the files in oldprogram files into the
> new program files. My opinion is M$ should never have used more than
> 8.3 letters on a system dir. "Programs" would have worked so well...
> 
> Garry
> 
> 
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