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bug#13013: 24.3.50; Windows XP bug? get-file-buffer, file-name-as-direct
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#13013: 24.3.50; Windows XP bug? get-file-buffer, file-name-as-directory |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:52:47 +0200 |
> From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:23:08 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii writes:
> > Because Windows 7 doesn't put a 8+3 alias into TEMP, but instead uses
> > the full long file name. Probably because XP still supports DOS
> > programs (via NTVDM), while Windows 7 tossed that support.
>
> Win7 may not support DOS programs, but it still supports 8+3 filenames,
Of course it does. I never said it didn't. I attempted to explain
why XP sets TEMP to something like C:\DOCUME~1\USERNAME\LOCALS~1\Temp,
whereas Windows 7 sets it to C:\Users\USERNAME\APPDATA\Local\Temp.