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I wanted to have a directory named "New Downloads" in Win95, but have the short file name be just "DOWNLOAD" instead of "NEWDOW~1" which is less than helpful.
The only time short filenames are relevant is in a mixed computing environment, when you're planning to share files with other users whose systems do not support LFNs. In that case, why not try two things:
1. Train users to start LFNs with the short version they plan to use. In your case, that
would mean naming the folder DOWNLOADS-NEW, which would resolve to Downlo~1.
2. You can get rid of the tildes with a simple registry hack. Add the value NameNumericTail = 0 in the following Registry key:
Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
and the above example (assuming there wasn't already a DOWNLOAD directory) would resolve to the correct eight-character name. |