No ~1's in filenames

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Vandija Sanoth

On my old computer, I had a program that would avoid the use of ~1 in short
filenames -- e.g., the file "Once Again.txt" would be "ONCEAGAI.TXT" instead
of "ONCEAG~1.TXT. Does anyone else know of this app and where I can get it?
 
What you describe is familiar. Don't know about ME or XP, but I recall that
in
95 and 98 you could make a change somewhere in the Windows options to
stick with the old 8+3 format. This seems to be what you experienced
before.

Yet, I still notice that if you Right-Click on your desktop MY COMPUTER, you
will
be presented with the bottom line option of PROPTERTIES. Then choose the
PERFORMANCE tab, then at near bottom choose the advanced setting of
FILE SYSTEM. Then choose the TroubleShooting option which will present
you a list of further options .. the second of which is to Disable Longname
Preservation for Old Programs.

I've never checked this out, but maybe this is what you want.
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Vandija said:
On my old computer, I had a program that would avoid the use of ~1 in
short filenames -- e.g., the file "Once Again.txt" would be
"ONCEAGAI.TXT" instead of "ONCEAG~1.TXT. Does anyone else know of
this app and where I can get it?
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This seems to be a rather strange requirement to me. For instance, if
you had
"Once Again.txt" and
"Once Again Also.txt"
then the short filenames would appear as
"ONCEAG~1.TXT" and
"ONCEAG~2.TXT"

What happens when you get rid of the ~n notation? How is the distinction
made?
 
Vandija said:
On my old computer, I had a program that would avoid the use of ~1 in
short filenames -- e.g., the file "Once Again.txt" would be
"ONCEAGAI.TXT" instead of "ONCEAG~1.TXT. Does anyone else know of
this app and where I can get it?
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Old Trick from www.winguides.com
Control 8.3 Name Creation on NTFS Partitions (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Category: Home > Windows > File System
Download: WinGuides Tweak Manager
This setting controls whether MS-DOS compatible 8.3 file names should be
generated on NTFS partitions. Disabling this feature can increase the
performance on high usage partitions that have large amount of files with
long filenames.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation" and set it to "1" to disable 8.3 name
creation.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
Note: Some 16 bit installation programs may have problems with this option
enabled, you can either re-enabled 8.3 creation during the install or use
directory names in the non LFN format i.e. "c:\progra~1\applic~1".

Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
Name: NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0=disable, 1=enable)


Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that
problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the
information provided at your own risk.


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byZ
doGmaI <[email protected]>
ICQ#170836495
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doGmaI said:
Old Trick from www.winguides.com
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[...]

Sorry, wrong tricks.
Remove the Tildes in Short Filenames (All Versions)
Category: Home > Windows > File System
Download: WinGuides Tweak Manager
When long filenames are shown in an application that only supports short
filenames a tilde "~" is used to convert the long name into a compatible
Click to expand...
short >name. This setting removes the use of tildes.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called
'NameNumericTail' using the settings below.
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the
change to take effect.
Settings:
System Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
Name: NameNumericTail
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0=disable,1=enable)
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byZ

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_,,=~°°~=,,_,,=~°°~=,,_
byZ
doGmaI <[email protected]>
ICQ#170836495
_,,=~°°~=,,_,,=~°°~=,,_
 
[" Alan"; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 03:53:28 GMT]
What happens when you get rid of the ~n notation? How is the distinction
made?
Click to expand...

As I recall, after the first file, it would revert to the original
formatting.
 
["Lord Possum"; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:09:08 GMT]
I've never checked this out, but maybe this is what you want.
Click to expand...

If I am understanding your post correctly, I don't believe this is what I
seek. Long Windows filenames would be unaffected; it would only be the 8.3
filename that would change (i.e., it wouldn't put the "~1" in the files,
unless there was more than one). I hope I'm being clear ... Thanks!
 
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