Windows 7 ENABLE Process Name in 8dot3name format

Anderson Hoffmann

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I need to simulate an application using 8.3 format, as shown in the attached image
How do I enable it? (The print is from another Windows 7)
I did not find it

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  • Open an elevated command prompt; Right-click select "Run As Administrator"
  • Verify 8dot3 is enabled on your volume fsutil 8dot3name query C:
  • If it's not enabled it. You can enable it like so fsutil 8dot3name set C: 0
  • Then create a shortname for your file
    • fsutil file setshortname <filename> <shortname>
      Eg : fsutil file setshortname C:\testfile.txt testfile
 
You need to actually call it with the short name. Launching it by double clicking will generally use the full path or create a shortcut with the path specified with the short name
 
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