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Files from CD are too short

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by glenn.a.miller

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Using Windows 98 SE and installing from CD, I can't install because a lot of files are not listed fully. For example: filecheck.exe shows upas filec~1.exe. I can copy the entire CD to my hard drive and change them as they are asked for but this would require at least 3 to 4 hours of renaming and beginning the install each time. I had previously installed this program with no problem but trying to reinstall, now has this problem.

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by dklippert

Look for MTSUTIL.TXT found on the Windows 98 cd in the TOOLS\MTSUTIL folder.

There's some information under:

NNT.INF - REMOVE THE NAMENUMERICTALE VALUE FROM THE REGISTRY
Maybe that will help.

by gperrie

Are you booting from a DOS disk then trying to run setup manually? DOS doesn't support long file names.

Try booting from the CD itself. If you want to use DOS first for partitioning etc then I think the 98 CD gives you this option as well.

Gavin

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