Applications that want 8.3 names
Derrell.Lipman at UnwiredUniverse.com
Derrell.Lipman at UnwiredUniverse.com
Thu Mar 13 18:29:13 GMT 2003
Richard Sharpe <rsharpe at richardsharpe.com> writes:
> Is anyone aware of Windows applications that will only deal with 8.3 names
> and cannot deal with long file names?
Modern apps, no. Lots of Windows 3.1 apps (e.g. Quicken versions from back in
the day) couldn't deal with long file names when moved onto later Windows
versions which would have otherwise supported it.
Derrell
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