Unable to Find File Name with Extended-ASCII Characters in NTFS
Article ID: 131307
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
This article was previously published under Q131307
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to find or change the properties of a file with a file
name that is less than 8 characters long on an NTFS partition, the
following error message appears:
File not found
CAUSE
This happens when the file name includes extended-ASCII characters. NTFS
does not provide an 8.3 format file name if file name includes extended-
ASCII characters and is less than 8 characters long.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5.
This problem has been corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords: KB131307