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re: Question about 'Use Long Filenames in a DOS Window'
Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 1:32 am
Posted by Dick Morant
(25 messages posted)
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-012
On Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 1:27 am, Dick Morant wrote:
>I have ME. The quoted so-called Fact about how to type long filenames at the Dos
>Prompt, i.e. by typing cd My Documents, doesn't work. Does it work for anyone else,
>if so how?
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re: Question about 'Use Long Filenames in a DOS Window'
Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 10:43 pm
Posted by AtmaWeapon
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Try running cmd.exe rather than command.com. It works in XP.
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re: Question about 'Use Long Filenames in a DOS Window'
Monday, July 28, 2003 at 12:46 pm
Posted by AnnoyedUser
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That seems to be the key. Some reason, command.com won't let it work, while cmd.com
works excellently. Why I can't seem to find that mentioned anywhere but here, I
don't know.
On Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 10:43 pm, AtmaWeapon wrote:
>Try running cmd.exe rather than command.com. It works in XP.
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re: Question about 'Use Long Filenames in a DOS Window'
Friday, March 12, 2004 at 7:51 pm
Posted by Faizul Abrahim
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I usually enclosed the path and filename in quotation marks i.e. " for example "c:\program
files\microsoft office" that should work pretty fine...
On Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 1:27 am, Dick Morant wrote:
>I have ME. The quoted so-called Fact about how to type long filenames at the Dos
>Prompt, i.e. by typing cd My Documents, doesn't work. Does it work for anyone else,
>if so how?
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