Q159604: Viewing Long File Names from Windows 95 Using Winfile.exe

Article: Q159604
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5,3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbsetup
Last Modified: 22-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Winfile.exe (file manager) from a computer running Windows 95 to
view a Windows NT version 3.51 NTFS share, the files with long filenames are
displayed as having zero bytes.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use Windows NT Explorer or upgrade your server
computer to Windows NT 4.0. When you view files from a computer running Windows
95 using Winfile.exe to a Windows NT version 4.0 NTFS share, this problem does
not occur.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbsetup 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :3.5,3.51
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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