Win Short file names

Win Short file names

For compatibility with earlier DOS and Windows 3.1 applications, Windows 95 and 98 created an 8.3 short name that was maintained along with the long name. The short name was derived from the first letters of the long name, followed by a sequential number and separated by the Spanish tilde character.

    Short names     Long names
    DOS/Win 3.1     Win Vista/XP/98/95/2000/NT

    BUDGET~1.XLS    Budget for 2001.xls
    BUDGET~2.XLS    Budget for 2002.xls
    BUDGET~3.XLS    Budget for 2003.xls

    2001BU~1.XLS    2001 Budget.xls
    2002BU~2.XLS    2002 Budget.xls
    2003BU~3.XLS    2003 Budget.xls