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Is it a good idea to disable short filenames on Windows 7 running on a SSD drive?
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http://oreilly.com/pub/a/windows/2005/02/08/NTFS_Hacks.html By default, NTFS creates an 8.3 filename every time it creates a long filename, which adds a bit of time to the file creation process. One can disable that using: Is it a good idea to do it on a Windows 7 machine running on a SSD drive?
Error Output
fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1
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16 bit apps use 8.3 filenames. By far the most prominent 16 bit apps are Setup programs. Not a lot of them, but some. Like any setting, I'd test all your applications just in case. But for the most part, you should be ok.
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