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Number   :  3968
Date     :  2003-03-06
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: Checking for SFN problem machines
Size(KB) :  2


J. Merrill" wrote:
> At 04:30 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, CBFalconer wrote
> >"J. Merrill" wrote:
> >>
> >> By "the SFN problem" do you mean "an NTFS installation that does
> >> not automatically produce SFNs for each created file"? If you
> >> mean something else, please clarify.
> >>
> >> If the value named: NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation
> >> exists for the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
> >>
> >> and has the value 1, then the machine has been configured to
> >> skip creation of 8.3 filenames when files are created. So you
> >> should check the registry for that value.
> >
> >The following two files are useful for turning numeric tails on
> >and off in W95 and W98. Don't know about other versions. Watch
> >out for line wrap. They only take effect after a reboot. With
> >notails 8.3 names are truncated versions, and only conflicting
> >names have the numeric tails added. Don't have notails in effect
> >when installing Microsoft software, they like to wire things in
> >and indulge in other unclean disgusting practices.
> >
> >The critical thing is the "NameNumericTail" field. You can simply
> >add/change that one manually in regedit.
> >
> >[snip]
> 
> There is only one line different between those:
> 
> ------------- notails.reg ------------
> "NameNumericTail"=hex:00
> 
> ----------- yestails.reg ------------
> "NameNumericTail"=hex:01
> 
> I would not recommend that anyone apply all those other registry
> settings -- if they match what you've got, they're not needed. 
> If they don't match what you've got, they could cause trouble.
> 
> Does you know which of those, if any, are in fact necessary to
> change the behavior? (I don't know why the size of the CD
> filesystem cache would be involved.)

I definitely agree. I DID point out that that was the critical
quantity. The rest is there because that is what comes after
exporting the appropriate area ON MY MACHINE. I should have
warned that it was machine specific.

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