GetShortPathName does not work

[greenfish]

::GetShortPathName does not return always a fully short path on VISTA.

::GetShortPathName("C:\Program Files\AAA\AAA BBB");
returns
"C:\PROGRA~1\AAA\AAA BBB".
and ::GetLastError() was ERROR_SUCCESS.

file system is NTFS, of course.

[jerome]

"greenfish" <green...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> ::GetShortPathName does not return always a fully short path on VISTA.
>
> ::GetShortPathName("C:\Program Files\AAA\AAA BBB");
> returns
> "C:\PROGRA~1\AAA\AAA BBB".

Then, it works : "PROGRA~1\" is the short path of "Program Files"
What did you expect ?!

[Jeroen Mostert]

I'm not the OP, but even I can guess he expected "AAA BBB" to be reduced to
its short form as well ("AAABBB~1"). My tests show this does what you expect
it to on Windows XP.

Try verifying the file's actual short name with "dir /x". I don't know the
details for Vista, but it's possible, for example, that it turns off short
file name generation after installation. In this case "Program Files" would
have a short name but "AAA BBB" would not.

--
J.

[Uwe Kotyczka]

Did you mean

::GetShortPathName("C:\\Program Files\\AAA\\AAA BBB");

instad of

::GetShortPathName("C:\Program Files\AAA\AAA BBB");

?

[greenfish]

i'm sorry.
there's some ambiguity in my article.

i found that the result of ::GetShortPathName(...) are composed of long path
and short path in VISTA.

ex)
::GetShortPathName("C:\Program Files\FIRST LONG PATH\AAA\SECOND LONG PATH")
returns
"C:\PROGRA~1\FIRSTL~1\AAA\SECOND LONG PATH"

i can not understand why last folder name was long path name.

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

needs to escape the "\" with another "\"?

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[Dean Earley]

greenfish wrote:
> i'm sorry.
> there's some ambiguity in my article.
>
> i found that the result of ::GetShortPathName(...) are composed of long path
> and short path in VISTA.
>
> ex)
> ::GetShortPathName("C:\Program Files\FIRST LONG PATH\AAA\SECOND LONG PATH")
> returns
> "C:\PROGRA~1\FIRSTL~1\AAA\SECOND LONG PATH"
>
> i can not understand why last folder name was long path name.

Did you try what Jeroen suggested and see what its real "short" name is?
It is possible that short file names is disabled on that system and the
shortened folders either already had them or were created for compatibility.

What is the value (if it exists) of the value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation

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Dean Earley (dean....@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

[greenfish]

Oh, that value was 1.
i guess some program must change that value.

thank you a lot.

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[Uwe Kotyczka]

You missed my point. I meant that you should
use double backslashes in your source code.

[greenfish]

double backslashes in my example code are not important.
it's just pseudo code rewrited my source code for a easy look and feel.

i solve the problem.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/28231.mspx?mfr=true

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