re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 9:12 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by MindBender (29 messages posted) To change long file names to the old dos 8.3 format... Type the first six letters followed by ~1. If more than 1 long file name exists that starts with the same 6 characters, you will have to count 'em up. e.g, ~2, ~3, etc... On Friday, September 19, 2003 at 6:59 pm, Arthur A. wrote: >I am trying to use the subst command on my computer, but it doesn't allow spaces >to be used. I am able to access some folders using the ~ key, but others I cannot. >The ones I can are represented like: > C:\Docume~1\...; or C:\PROGRA~1; or > Docume~1\Owner\Local~s. Other than, these, and a couple other within the documents >and settings folder, I don't know what would be used. > If someone could tell me how to determine what to type before the ~ and after >it, whether its a number or a letter, I would have much appretiation for them. >Thanks in Advance. >Arthur A. Written in response to: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar (Arthur: Friday, September 19, 2003 at 6:59 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar (Arthur: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 6:59 pm) re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar (jcw: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 7:24 pm) re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar (MindBender: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 9:12 am) re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar (Adam Bradley: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 10:58 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum