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- From: Brian Hawley[SMTP:bhawley@luc.edu]
- Sent: Monday, October 16, 1995 3:45 PM
- To: executor@nacm.com
- Subject: Long filenames
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- Hi there.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- -Dan Guisinger
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