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Received: from ix9.ix.netcom.com (ix9.ix.netcom.com [199.182.120.9]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA13622 for <executor@nacm.com>; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:06:01 -0700 Received: from ix-min3-18.ix.netcom.com by ix9.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id UAA29899; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:05:54 -0700 Received: by ix-min3-18.ix.netcom.com with Microsoft Mail id <01BA9CDC.E9BFA8A0@ix-min3-18.ix.netcom.com>; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 22:07:13 -0500 Message-ID: <01BA9CDC.E9BFA8A0@ix-min3-18.ix.netcom.com> From: Dan Guisinger <dan_g@ix.netcom.com> To: "'executor@nacm.com'" <executor@nacm.com> Subject: RE: Long filenames Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 21:59:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk ---------- From: Brian Hawley[SMTP:bhawley@luc.edu] Sent: Monday, October 16, 1995 3:45 PM To: executor@nacm.com Subject: Long filenames Hi there. Does Executor support long filenames on VFAT drives under Win95? I would think that the filenames used by Mac files would map well to the Win95 = ones, and this would simplify things quite a bit for me. Executor seems to work well for me so far. If I have any major problems = I'll be sure to mention them. Brian Hawley bhawley@luc.edu Heres the problem. The VFAT file system is superior to the Macintosh = file system. We, with Windows 95 have the 8.3 replaced with 250.5. = Now, here is the problem, Macs have 32.4.4! What if you have a longer = file name? It will have to shrink. Now, I agree that there should be = support for the VFAT system (And beleive a Win95 GUI version of Executor = 2.0 or 2.1 should be released). Also, it should then also allow use of = the desktop. Now, as most people know, the Windows 95 desktop is stored = in two places: Single User System: \Windows\Desktop MultiUser System: \Windows\Profiles\user\Desktop Now, Executor should ask which acount you wish to use, and load the = desktop. Thatway, you can navigate it as if it were you're Windows 95 = system (And sort of like a mac) For example, you could browse the File = Open and Save As dialog boxes as a Mac would running System 7! I think this would be a very usefull feature for copying and storing = files. -Dan Guisinger