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First post, by thrawn235

Posted on 2019-11-04, 21:30

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Hello,

I've been playing around with nc and while setting the file associations i noticed a problem.
NC uses the long filename it seems when sending the path-string to the application associated with the filetype.
most apps it seems cant handle long filenames.
Is there a way to set NC to use short names when in that scenario ?

Reply 1 of 2, by dr_st

Posted on 2019-11-05, 09:34

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NC? Which NC? Most versions of NC are not long-filename-aware. If you are in DOS, just use a version that is not aware.

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Reply 2 of 2, by thrawn235

Posted on 2019-11-05, 16:34

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Its version 5.5

I quite like that it shows the fong file name in the footer bar.
its more or less the only way to find my way around in my file system

the norton programmers must have realized thats a problem.
I figured there was a setting somewhere

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