SYMPTOMS
On a Windows 2000 NTFS volume, if a folder within a file path is renamed to a truncated version of the original folder name, some file I/O operations may continue to behave as if the old path is still valid.
For example, consider the following file path:
C:\Development\Bin\App.exe
If the folder "development" is renamed as "dev", some functions may still be able to access the file using the full original path name. That path
should now be invalid, but it continues to work until the computer is restarted.
The nature of the unexpected behavior depends on the API being used. For example,
GetFileAttributes() will continue to return attributes for the file based on the old name. In this case, the API continues to succeed when it should fail.
On the other hand, an attempt to create a new C:\Development\Bin folder through the use of
CreateDirectory() will fail with "ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS". In this case, the API fails when it should succeed.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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7/17/2000 7:23pm i386 511,696 Ntfs.sys