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re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar Friday, September 19, 2003 at 7:24 pm Posted by jcw (5100 messages posted) have no idea what you're trying to do, but might this ms web-page help? 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 9:12 am 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Abbreviating with ~ in the address bar Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 10:58 am Posted by Adam Bradley (7823 messages posted) All you need to do is enclose the path in quotation marks IE if you want to set it to I:\Adam Bradley\My Documents You can use ether I:\AdamBr~1\MyDocu~1 or " I:\Adam Bradley\My Documents" I don’t know of a site that really explains the 8.3 conversion rule well or I would post it here Regards, Adam Bradley 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum