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JSI Tip 0026 - NTFS - Disable 8.3 Name creation.
Jerold Schulman
December 31, 1996
1 Min Read
You can increase NTFS performance if you disable 8.3 name creation.
(Some 16bit programs may have trouble finding Long File Names. Don't set this option if you wish to install Norton NT Utilities.)
Edit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystem
Value: NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Default: 0
Range: 0 or 1
Set it to 1 to disable 8.3 name creation. This won't take effect until the next boot.
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