Re: Desktop Icons

[Rich Hare <rhare@mich.com>]

OK,
Two final reports!
If I rename the file in Capital Letters, the Finder will read the disk!
If I name the disk, the Finder will read the disk.

The final mysteries of Windows 95 resolved!
I think I now know how to make it bend to my will!


Jon Bettencourt wrote:
> 
> > The problem is the MS-DOS FST not being able to deal with
> > Windows 95 (and Windows 98) long file names.  Whenever
> > this feature is used on ANY file on the disk, the disk will
> > become invisible to the MS-DOS FST (or rather invisible to
> > the Finder for purposes of mounting an icon when it polls
> > the MS-DOS FST).  Even if you later delete all the files with
> > long file names, it will NOT fix the disappearing icon problem.
> 
> Yes, but this is only true if the MS-DOS disk has no volume label. If it
> was labelled before any long file names were put on it, the FST would be
> able to use it. Windows stores it's long file names in fake volume label
> entries, so if it wasn't labelled, then the volume label would be part of
> a long file name. That is what confuses the FST (and, possibly, you :) .
> 
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