2009/6/16 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmi...@codeweavers.com>: > "André Hentschel" <n...@dawncrow.de> wrote: > >> Fair enough. We tend to mimic Windows behavior. I hadn't checked >> this myself. Note that it still should be Install*.exe rather than >> Instal*.exe, at least in English. >> --Juan >> >> My tests worked with Instal*.exe files on english Windows, too. >> I bet it is because of the instal~1.exe writing. (8.3 and 6##.3) > > There is no such a thing as '6##.3' file names under Windows. > '~1' is just a part of short file name, and a long file name > should still match the 'Install*.exe' wildcard.
I wish application devs believed this too. I've had issues with (even Microsoft) apps using short filenames, at worst hard-coding "PROGRA~1" for "Program Files", and the app failing to run because on my system it happened to be some other number ... :)