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Old December 18th 17, 10:52 AM posted to comp.sys.mac.system,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.apps
Peter Köhlmann[_3_]
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Default Can a Macintosh person tell us how to change the name of a file?

Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Peter Köhlmann
wrote:

Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Paul
wrote:

Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Char Jackson
wrote:

OK, let's try a third time. It's clear that you're responding without
reading, or at least without understanding, so I'll keep it simple.

Windows filenames are not limited to 8.3.

So you're saying that ifI get a vanilla Windows system, one that no
one has dorked with, I can use long filenames with any and all
software that the system comes with. That sum it up?


Absolutists really crack me up.

All cracked up are you. Good, we'll get the road sweepers to come along
and take you to landfill.

There's 20 years of code in there, backward compatibility,
and an application can do anything it wants.

If I have an application from 1990, it may be hard-wired to 8.3
and fixed in its ways. And still be able to run on a modern OS.

To create this "exceptional" condition, install a 32-bit version
of Windows, then go searching through your old PC for
some 16-bit applications to test. Then, you should be
able to find some program that absolutely refuses
to use anything other than 8.3.

What part of "VANILLA Windows system that NO ONE HAS DORKED WITH, I can
use long filenames with ANY AND ALL SOFTWARE that the system COMES
WITH" was too hard for you to understand?


Well, glad to hear that Minesweeper and other assorted useless crap will
be able to use long filenames.
After all, windows comes out of the box with basically no software


Ah, just the bare metal you mean? No drivers, no filesystem, no kernel,
eh? No command line utilities? Etc, etc.


Idiot
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