Fsutil 8dot3name command in Windows

 fsutil 8dot3name [query] [] fsutil 8dot3name [scan] [/s] [/l [] ] [/v] fsutil 8dot3name [set] { | {1|0}} fsutil 8dot3name [strip] [/t] [/s] [/f] [/l [ 

Parameter Description []

Querying the file system for the state of creating short name 8dot3 behavior.

If VolumePath is not specified as a parameter, the behavior of creating the default 8dot3name short name for all drives will be displayed.

scan Scanning for files located in the specified DirectoryPath for registry keys may be affected if short name 8dot3 is removed from the file name. đặt {| }

Change file system behavior to create 8dot3 names in the following cases:

When DefaultValue is specified, registry key: HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetControlFileSystemNtfsDisable8dot3NameCreationNtfsDisable8dot3NameCreationNtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation

will be set to DefaultValue.

DefaultValue can have the following values:

1. 0: Allows creation of 8dot3 names for all drives on the system.
2. 1: Disable creation of 8dot3 names for all drives on the system.
3. 2: Set up the creation of 8dot3 names on a drive-based basis.
4. 3: Disable creating 8dot3 names for all drives except the system drive.

When a VolumePath is specified, the drives specified on the drive's 8dot3name properties will be set to allow creation of 8dot3 names for a specified drive (0) or set to disable creation. 8dot3 name on the specified drive (1).

You must set the default file system behavior for creating 8dot3 names to value 2 before you can enable or disable the creation of 8dot3 names for a specified drive.

strip

Remove the 8dot3 file name for all files located in the specified DirectoryPath . The 8dot3 file name is not deleted for any file DirectoryPath associated with the file name contains more than 260 characters.

This command lists, but does not modify the registry keys that point to permanently deleted files named 8dot3.

For more information about the effect of permanently deleting 8dot3 file names from files, see the note below.

Specify the drive letter followed by a colon or GUID in Volume { GUID } format. / f

Specifies that all files placed in the specified directory will be deleted from the 8dot3 file name even if the registry key points to the file by the file name 8dot3. In this case, remove the 8dot3 file name, but do not modify any registry keys that point to the file using the 8dot3 file name.

Warning : You should back up the folder or drive before using the / f parameter as it may lead to an unexpected application error, including being unable to uninstall the program.

/ l []

Specify the log file where the information will be written.

If the / l parameter is not specified, all information is written to the default log file:

% temp% 8dot3_removal_log @ ( GMT YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS ) .log / s Specifies that the operation should be applied to the subdirectories of DirectoryPath specified. / Specifies that the name removal 8dot3 file will be run in test mode. All operations except the actual removal of 8dot3 file names are done. You can use the test mode to discover which registry key points to the file using the 8dot3 file name./v Specifies that all information written to the log file is also displayed on the command line.

 fsutil 8dot3name query Volume{928842df-5a01-11de-a85c-806e6f6e6963} 

 fsutil 8dot3name scan /l mylogfile.log /sd:MyData