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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:59:16 -0800
From:	Linda W <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>
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CC:	"Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
Subject:	Re: Spaces in Paths
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Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote:

> Changing
>
>	program files
>to
>	progra~1
>might also work. 
>
---
    It  _might_, is true.  But if you turn off short-filename
generation on NT file systems to speed up NTFS performance and
reduce the space needed for directory entries, it won't:
----
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
----

The only reason one might leave this enabled, is if one is
running old programs that are not Win32 compatible.

-l



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