JSI Tip 9970. How can I set the shortname of a file or folder?
Jerold Schulman
December 13, 2005
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Fsutil.exe can set the short file name of a file or folder.
NOTE: For Windows 2000, you can install Fsutil.exe from a Windows XP CD, or Windows Server 2003 CD.
The syntax for setting a short file name is:
fsutil file setshortname
Where:
is the fully qualifed long file name of the file or folder. is the 8.3 short name of the file or folder.
Examples:
To set the short name of the C:Documents and SettingsJerryMy Documents folder, which defaults to MYDOCU~1, to MYDOCS:
fsutil file setshortname "C:Documents and SettingsJerryMy Documents" MYDOCS
To set the shortname of "C:Documents and SettingsJerryMy DocumentsBlank Shipping Labels.doc", which defaults to BLANKS~1.DOC, to SHIPLBL.DOC:
fsutil file setshortname "C:Documents and SettingsJerryMy DocumentsBlank Shipping Labels.doc" SHIPLBL.DOC
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