[SOLVED] MS-DOS 8.3 shortName —Manual Creation—

[BinToss]

FOREWORD

I was too lazy to do the complicated procedure of regenerating the Documents folder with MS-DOS 8.3 shortName compatibility, which is:

1. Move your old Documents folder somewhere else.
   
2. Disable Windows 8/10's "feature" known as disable8dot3name via CMD, PowerShell, or RegEdit.
   
3. Create new folder named Documents in the old location.
   
4. Move the old folder's contents into the new one.

So, instead, I decided to manually create the shortName symbolic links. I've messed with symbolic links a lot. Can't be that hard, right?[pastebin.com]

FORWARD

First of all, my Documents folder is filed under OneDrive. OneDrive's folder isn't on my C:\ drive. So, SpecialK's directory is found at the following:

I:\\OneDrive\\Documents\\My Mods\\SpecialK\\

To keep this brief, there were three main steps to work around the issue this guy was having.

1. In CMD or PS, enter

   fsutil 8dot3name set I: 0

   .
2. Note the path to select the volume letter "I:\" doesn't not include a backslash at the end.
   
3. This command had enabled MS-DOS 8.3 shortNames on my

   I:\

   partition.
   
4. Create a shortName alias for the Documents folder. A shortName has a limit of 8 characters. I decided to use the name Windows normally would for Documents,

   DOCUME~1

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5. MS-DOS 8.3 shortNames also cannot use spaces.

   fsutil file setShortName "I:\OneDrive\Documents\My Mods" MY~MODS

   . This seemed to have worked. Probably not the best naming scheme, but okay.
   
   @Kadaien
   I initially had to install SpecialK manually because I didn't know what the automated installer's "Access Denied" error meant. I now know it's because it could not ensure 8.3 shortNames for its file path. I only discovered the MS-DOS 8.3 shortNames error message while trying to switch to the Test branch from within SKIM64.

THINGS THAT HAD HELPED FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS DOING[i.gyazo.com]

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  Posting this early before I get logged out again. Thanks for the automatic logout, Steam!
  
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[BinToss]

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Good nioght, everyone.

[Cosmosis]

Hey there, I've been having this problem and without much luck. Here's the thread I started about this https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SpecialK_Mods/discussions/0/1754653387141809638/

If you're able to help with this I'd appreciate it. This thread has instructions to basically make a new "My Mods" folder using a 8.3 filename convention? I'll try to follow these instructions tonight.