At 15.36 12/12/2003, you wrote:
However, this would break compatibility with DOS and
Windows 3.1 (if
anyone still uses that!) and would only really be useful for DOS and
Win3.1 app compatibility.
it's not just "useful": some recent programs *require* it. I tried
disabling short filenames, but several programs (installers in particular)
didn't like it at all