Wims: MIRC-TEST is a long name that qualifies to be shortened. Therefore, do not make the assumption that the 8.3 alias already exists on-disk.' 'Note: Not all file systems follow the tilde substitution convention, and systems can be configured to disable 8.3 alias generation even if they normally support it. This 8.3 aliasing can be disabled for a specified volume.' If you have any questions about registering, please see the answers below or contact us. After registering you will receive your registration information by email, usually within a few minutes. When you create a long file name, Windows may also create a short 8.3 form of the name, called the 8.3 alias, and store it on disk also. You can register mIRC by clicking on the Register mIRC button on the right. Typically, Windows stores long file names on disk as special directory entries, which can be disabled systemwide for performance reasons depending on the particular file system. 'A long file name is considered to be any file name that exceeds the short MS-DOS (also called 8.3) style naming convention.

there's no guarantee that a short name will exist for a given long name.' 'If you call GetShortPathName on a path that doesn't have any short names on-disk, the call will succeed, but will return the long-name path instead.

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