Hi,
I think we should turn off the 8.3 short filename support by default and see what breaks. Providing a option right at the start of 2nd stage step "Patented features" using a checkbox to enable it should get us around the issue. Its not our problem if someone else enables it.
-- Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer
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