Cannot Open Truncated File Names from Compact Discs (159105)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q159105

SYMPTOMS

Long file names shortened to the 8.3 format on a compact disc that contain an A through F character as an unique identifier can not be opened. For example if there are many files named hippopotomi1.pic, hippopotomi2.pic, and so on. The abbreviated 8.3 format would read as hippo~1.pic, the second hippo~2.pic and so forth, until you reach hippo~A1.pic. If this file, hippo~A1.pic, is placed on a compact disc it cannot be opened.

WORKAROUND

This problem is fixed in Cdfs.sys in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 and later.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.00. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 4.00. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/9/2001
Keywords:kbother kbsetup KB159105
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