win32api.FindFiles Win2003, problem with Short Name

Neil Hodgson nyamatongwe+thunder at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 20:31:17 EDT 2005


Frank Borell:

> I'm having a problem retrieving the ShortName from a file that was
> written by a MAC and only from a Windows 2003 server.
> 
> I realize the file has a space after it, but I can retrieve the short
> name from Windows XP and 2000;

    Does your Windows 2003 machine have short file name support turned 
off? The NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation registry option is popular with 
some administrators.

    Neil



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