Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:12:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Long names on NT and Win2000
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, taupin wrote:

>  Several monts ago (maybe 2 years), Eli told me that long names were not
> supported un the DOS window of WinNT, due to a missing feature in NT.
> Questions:
> 
>  -> is that missing feature still missing, or has a detour been found to
> make that work on NT?

The feature is still missing, but there's an LFN driver for NT; see 
section 3.3 of the FAQ for details and URL.

>  -> what about the DOS windows of Windows 2000?

Windows 2k supports the LFN API.  But it introduces new bugs into its DOS 
box, which prevent you from using Make or RHIDE.