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- DOCUMENT:Q104017 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :DEL /P Command on an NTFS Partition Uses MS-DOS 8.3 Filenames
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:BUGLIST3.10
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- Under Windows NT, if you use the DEL /P command on an NTFS partition,
- it uses the eight-character filename, three character extension (8.3)
- convention instead of long filenames when prompting for confirmation.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
- problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
- Base as it becomes available.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Open a Windows NT command prompt (CMD.EXE) from the Main group and
- enter the following command:
-
- copy con abcdefghi.xxx
-
- Type "this is a test" (without the quotation marks), press ENTER,
- type "^Z" (without the quotation marks), and press ENTER again.
-
- 2. Enter the command DEL *.xxx /P.
-
- When you are prompted for confirmation, the filename is in 8.3 format
- as follows:
-
- ABCDEF~1.XXX, Delete (Y/N)? y
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 MS-DOS 8.3 filenames
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: ntap
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