Long file name problem

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Jason Fischer

Hello,

Please let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong group.

We have a Win2k SP4 w/ latest patches running SQL 8.0, McAfee 8.0i and
Back-up Exec. 9.1. NTFS file system.

We cannot execute programs with long file names unless we wrap them in
quotes. For example:

C:\Program Files\test\hi.bat won't work, but:

"C:\Program Files\test\hi.bat" will.

This is starting to cause some problem with programs on the system, as
they don't wrap their commands in quotes by default. I'm not sure if
the system was always set-up like this, as it's one that I inherited.
We have other servers that are nearly identical that don't seem to have
this problem.

Any ideas?

If you need me to post more info, please let me know.

Thanks!

Jason
 
Hello,

Please let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong group.

We have a Win2k SP4 w/ latest patches running SQL 8.0, McAfee 8.0i and
Back-up Exec. 9.1. NTFS file system.

We cannot execute programs with long file names unless we wrap them in
quotes. For example:

C:\Program Files\test\hi.bat won't work, but:

"C:\Program Files\test\hi.bat" will.

This is starting to cause some problem with programs on the system, as
they don't wrap their commands in quotes by default. I'm not sure if
the system was always set-up like this, as it's one that I inherited.
We have other servers that are nearly identical that don't seem to have
this problem.

Any ideas?

If you need me to post more info, please let me know.

Thanks!

Jason

File Names with space, regardless of length, must be encapsulated in double-quotes.
There is no way to change this.


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Jerold said:
File Names with space, regardless of length, must be encapsulated in double-quotes.
There is no way to change this.


Jerold Schulman

I'm sorry, you're right. I'm just misunderstanding the problem.

The problem now seems to be that these quotes aren't being inserted on
this server for some reason. For example, we recently installed McAfee
VirusScan 8.0i. During the install it would fail and say the services
couldn't be started. I had to go into the registry and put quotes
around the path to the executable.

I had to do the same thing when install Back-up Exec. Is there a
setting somewhere that may have been turned off?

Jason
 
Obviously, something is different, but I am not aware of what.
I will add this to my research list, but don't hold your breath.




I'm sorry, you're right. I'm just misunderstanding the problem.

The problem now seems to be that these quotes aren't being inserted on
this server for some reason. For example, we recently installed McAfee
VirusScan 8.0i. During the install it would fail and say the services
couldn't be started. I had to go into the registry and put quotes
around the path to the executable.

I had to do the same thing when install Back-up Exec. Is there a
setting somewhere that may have been turned off?

Jason


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Jerold said:
Obviously, something is different, but I am not aware of what.
I will add this to my research list, but don't hold your breath.

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.

Jason
 
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