View the old 8.3 format DOS name of the selected file and copy the name to the clipboard.
This program simply shows the old 8.3 format ms-dos name of the selected file and copies the name to the clipboard. It's especially useful for programmers when short dos name of a file required in the windows environment. Usage: Copy the dosname.exe to one of your directories given in the PATH environment variable (eg. windows or windows\system32), then double click on the supplied dosname.reg file. On any file or folder the right click context menu will show you the Show Dosname command.
Version 1.1
Added full unicode filename/folder support.
In case you can not use a unicode filename in your ANSI only program you can always use the 8.3 DOS name since it only contains ASCII characters.
Operating systems:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/10
Date:
13.10.2015
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