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Answer by grawity for How to create a folder in C:\ so that it has the same...

It will never become PROGRA~1 as long as you already have another directory named that. Short names are persistent – they're chosen when creating the object and stored within the filesystem just like...

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How to create a folder in C:\ so that it has the same shortname as...

Shortnames in NTFS is a compatibility feature for DOS systems which only support 8.3 file names (<8 character name>.<3 character extension>). We can get the shortnames of a files/folders...

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