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Windows 95 Installation and Upgrading

Watch Those Long Filenames with Old Applications

SUMMARY: Older Windows 3.1 applications may fail when processing files with long names.


 

After upgrading to Windows 95, you can get used to those long filenames very quickly. This may pose a problem if you still use 16-bit applications that don't understand long filenames. If you create a file with a long filename in a 32-bit application and save it, then if you re-edit that file in a 16-bit application and save it, your long filename will disappear. Either upgrade your old applications to their 32-bit forms, forget using long filenames for a while, be VERY careful (!), or you can find software that lets you use long filenames with your older applications. One such program, called Instant File Access, can be found at http://www.alexoft.com/.

(Note that this web address is given for informational purposes only. Neither Andrew Malek nor Envision Programming has actually tested this software. We do not endorse nor not endorse this software).



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