{"id":3994,"date":"2016-07-26T23:33:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T21:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2020-07-27T07:41:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:41:58","slug":"windows-enable-generation-of-8-3-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/windows-enable-generation-of-8-3-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Enable generation of 8.3 Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_3994 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_3994')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_3994').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"Windows%3A%20Enable%20generation%20of%208.3%20Names\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Ain%20newer%20Versios%20of%20Windows%20the%20generation%20of%20the%20DOS%20Style%208.3%20names%20is%20only%20enabled%20for%20Drive%20C%3A%20for%20all%20other%20volumes%20it%20is%20disabled%20by%20default.%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. When activating, data are transmitted to third parties. \",\"perma_option\":\"off\"}},\"txt_help\":\"When you activate these fields by clicking, information to Flattr may be transferred abroad, and probably may also stored there.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Enable permanently and accept data transmission. \",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/michlstechblog.info\\\/blog\\\/windows-enable-generation-of-8-3-names\\\/\",\"post_id\":3994,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Windows%3A+Enable+generation+of+8.3+Names\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>in newer Versios of Windows the generation of the DOS Style 8.3 names is only enabled for Drive C: for all other volumes it is disabled by default.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you need this &#8220;feature&#8221; you can either enabled it globally on a system or on a per volumes basis.<\/p>\n<p>Check the current state<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\nD:\\> fsutil.exe 8dot3name query<br \/>\nThe registry state is: 2 (Per volume setting - the default).<br \/>\nD:\\> fsutil.exe 8dot3name query D:<br \/>\nThe volume state is: 1 (8dot3 name creation is disabled).<br \/>\nThe registry state is: 2 (Per volume setting - the default).<\/p>\n<p>Based on the above two settings, 8dot3 name creation is disabled on D:<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>To enable it for all volumes<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\nD:\\> fsutil 8dot3name set 0<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Or for a specific volume<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\nD:\\> fsutil 8dot3name set D: 0<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>and to disable it<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\nD:\\> fsutil 8dot3name set D: 1<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc778996.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reference: Technet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, in newer Versios of Windows the generation of the DOS Style 8.3 names is only enabled for Drive C: for all other volumes it is disabled by default.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[894,895,62,47,896,313,20],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windowsknowhow","tag-8-3-names","tag-8dot3name","tag-disable","tag-enable","tag-generation","tag-ntfs","tag-windows-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3996,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}