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Asked: 2021-12-09T10:42:36+00:00 In:

Solved LFN In Windows 3.11

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I read the thread “Remember This” and others similar to it, about Windows 3.x running on top of DOS 7.10 and how one can get LFN support in Windows.
But it doesn’t actualy say how. I understand that DOS 7.10 itelf has LFN support but it seems that some additional modifications need to be made to Windows.
Which files need to be patched? Are they still downloadable somewhere?
I know this is old stuff but does anyone still remember?

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      The most stable DOS for running Win 3.x in my opinion is IBM DOS 5. Believe me, I have done a lot of testing on this. It’s a very clean DOS. There are drawbacks to DOS 5 as compared to MS DOS 6.22. The main drawback are suite of tools you get in MS-DOS. As a DOS on its own, MS-DOS is superior to DOS 5 – for the tools. As for running Win 3.11, I have found IBM-DOS 5.01 compliments the shell operating system extremely well.

      As for long file names, I wouldn’t bother with it. I get the fact that some hobbyists love to stretch limitations of the old systems because it is fun, but you start getting compatibility problems when you start pushing the envelope this way. I’m not trying to be a killjoy, but using 8 characters for a filename is not really all that much of a hindrance for exploring the old operating systems and the cool vintage programs they support.

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