FIX: SourceSafe Might Not Get Long Filenames on Windows NT (130140)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT 3.1
This article was previously published under Q130140

SYMPTOMS

SourceSafe might not retrieve long filenames correctly on a computer running Windows NT even if the long filenames option is checked from the GUI and the LONG_FILENAMES variable is added to one of the .INI files.

CAUSE

SourceSafe for Windows NT supports long filenames only if the drive is a mounted NTFS drive. Even though Windows NT FAT drives support long filenames, SourceSafe for Windows NT writes the file as an 8.3 filename.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in Visual SourceSafe version 4.0.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbSSafe400fix KB130140
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