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Filenames DOS-style

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg81331] Filenames DOS-style
• From: "James Taylor" <Jtaylor at sfprep.org>
• Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:34:56 -0400 (EDT)

In the title bar of the Mathematica (Windows version) notebook window,
it shows a DOS-style, 8-character version of the actual filename.
 
Why, and can this be corrected?
 
Thanks,
James
 
 
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