I guess I've brought Wayne back from the dark side...
(Just kidding, but every time xcopy comes up, I "pop-up"
this same warning... It is a YMMV type thing, and some people
NEVER have this problem.)
What happens is: (and this can happen anywhere),
First you have
123456~1.exe and
123456~2.exe
You uninstall the long version of 123456~1.exe
(So that is no longer "in use"...)
Then you do an xcopy.
123456~2.exe BECOMES the short filename
123456~1.exe
Internally, Windoze sometimes uses short filenames.
Some older programs also rely on them.
(Ever remember getting an "odd looking" error
message about a short file name path being gone/lost .
That is the simple version...
Rick Glazier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
At 10:36 AM 1/18/2008, Joe User typed:
I had no idea, thanks for the heads up.
Rick & I have a playful war over xcopy vs xxcopy but in all honesty
xxcopy helps when you have multiple sub-folders under Program Files
that start out with the same name like Microsoft this or that or
Norton this or that as their short file names & paths could get
twixed up with the plain old xcopy. XXcopy keeps the short file names
& paths straight.
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I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
