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- DOCUMENT:Q104077 16-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :16-Bit Applications May Not be Able to Use Long Filenames
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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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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- SUMMARY
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-
- When you are running 16-bit Windows or MS-DOS applications under
- Windows NT, you may receive various error messages when trying to save
- a file to an NTFS partition using a long filename. 16-bit applications
- are not designed to use filenames greater than the 8.3 characters that
- MS-DOS allows. Some 16-bit applications may allow you to save long
- filenames, some may give incorrect or misleading error messages and
- still save the file as an 8.3-character filename.
-
- It may be possible to use a long filename with a 16-bit application if
- you save the file as an 8.3-character MS-DOS filename and then rename
- it with File Manager. However, some applications, such as Write, will
- rename the file back to 8.3 characters when it is saved.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- For example, if you try to save a long filename in Word for Windows,
- you will receive the following error message:
-
- This is Not a Valid Filename.
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- Word for Windows will not let you save the file unless an MS-DOS 8.3
- filename is used.
-
- In Write, if you try to save a file as THISFILEHASALONGFILENAME.WRI to
- an NTFS partition, you will receive the following error message:
-
- x:\THISFILEHASALONGFILENAME.WRI
- Cannot Find This File.
-
- Either Something Has Happened to the Network or Possibly the File
- Has Been Renamed or Moved. Do You Want to Try Again?
-
- Once this error message appears, it is not possible to save further
- work in Write. However, Write will save the file as an 8.3 filename
- with a .WRI extension and the first 8 characters of the name, and once
- you exit Write, it is possible to open the 8.3 file.
-
- With the MS-DOS editor (EDIT.COM), if you save a file with a filename
- greater than 8.3 characters, Edit will take the first 11 characters of
- the supplied name and use it for the 8.3 filename.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: 16ap mdos filsys
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