The LFNBK utility

The LFNBK UTILITY is designed to remove and restore long filenames when running backup or disk management utilities for older versions of MS-DOS and Windows, which are not compatible with Windows 95 extended file systems. The LFNBK utility is located in the folder Other\Lfnbk on the Windows 95 CD-ROM or on the supplemental diskette containing DOS utilities.

Data and filenames may be lost if a hard disk utility that is incompatible with Windows 95 is used.

LFNBK CANNOT:
- repair long filename problems
- rename long filenames with matches to aliases with identical first 7 characters

CAUTION: Only experienced users should use this utility. Preferably, the utilities included with Windows 95 should be used (such as ScanDisk, DriveSpace, DoubleSpace).

After running the LFNBK utility for the first time and restarting Windows 95, the default 'Start' menu will be restored. However, the custom 'Start' menu WILL BE RESTORED when the LFNBK utility is run again to restore long filenames.

CAUTION: If running LFNBK or any other disk utility changes the directory structure, the LFNBK /r command will NOT restore long filenames within the changed directories or subdirectories.