Printer share name: NT however is restricted to 12

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Win95 Clients Cannot See Long Share Names on WinNT 4.0 Servers
Last reviewed: February 25, 1998 Article ID: Q160843 	
SUMMARY Windows NT 4.0 allows you to share disk and printer resources
using more than 12 characters for the share name. Share names that use
more than 12 characters can be seen by Windows NT clients, but not by
Windows 95 clients.
MORE INFORMATION During the dialect negotiation, when a Windows 95
client is browsing or connecting to the Windows NT server, it tells the
server it only supports 8.3 file names.  When browsing the server from
the Windows 95 client, this results in Windows NT only returning those
shares with 12 characters or less.  If you attempt to enter the path of
a long share name in Microsoft Explorer, File Manager, or from the Run
command on the Start menu, you will receive the following errors:
>From the Run command on the Start menu:
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The folder <\\server\share> does not exist
>From Microsoft Explorer or File Manager:
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The following error occurred while trying to connect x: to      
\\server\share
The share name was not found. Be sure you typed it correctly.
Windows 95 does not support share names longer than 12 characters. To
browse or connect to printer or disk shares on a Windows NT 4.0 server
from a Windows 95 client, the share name must be 12 characters or less. 
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