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- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA USA
I just read
Windows 8 File System Performance and Reliability Enhancements in NTFS.
Neal Christiansen. Principal Development Lead. Microsoft:
http://www.snia.org/sites/default/f...ealChristiansen_Win8FileSystemPerformance.pdf
and particularly noticed this:
So I ran the commands to check these things on my system.
The commands look like this:
I disabled 8dot3names on all but boot drives and removed them with the strip option.
This seemed to go well, but I don't recommend using it on USB Flash drives - it takes forever.
I left them on the system drive C: and looked over the report, which dominates with Office shortnames. Here is a sample of the scan output (I removed the Hive key display to make it fit):
There are so many I don't want to remove them manually and even a registry search and replace would take some time:
Does anyone know of an automated tool that will search for these registry settings and replace the shortnames with the long name?
Windows 8 File System Performance and Reliability Enhancements in NTFS.
Neal Christiansen. Principal Development Lead. Microsoft:
http://www.snia.org/sites/default/f...ealChristiansen_Win8FileSystemPerformance.pdf
and particularly noticed this:
So I ran the commands to check these things on my system.
The commands look like this:
Code:
>fsutil 8dot3name
---- 8DOT3NAME Commands Supported ----
query Query the current setting for the shortname behaviour on the system
scan Scan for impacted registry entries
set Change the setting that controls the shortname behavior on the system
strip Remove the shortnames for all files within a directory
I disabled 8dot3names on all but boot drives and removed them with the strip option.
This seemed to go well, but I don't recommend using it on USB Flash drives - it takes forever.
I left them on the system drive C: and looked over the report, which dominates with Office shortnames. Here is a sample of the scan output (I removed the Hive key display to make it fit):
Code:
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE,6
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE /Automation
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office14\EXCEL.EXE /automation
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office14\GRAPH.EXE /automation
There are so many I don't want to remove them manually and even a registry search and replace would take some time:
Code:
>fsutil 8dot3name scan /l E:\Temp\fsutil-8dot3-C.log /s C:
Scanning registry...
Total affected registry keys: 1236
Scanning 8dot3 names...
Total files and directories scanned: 373526
Total 8dot3 names found: 234863
Total 8dot3 names stripped: 0
Does anyone know of an automated tool that will search for these registry settings and replace the shortnames with the long name?
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
- Sound Card
- Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W2353V
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
- PSU
- Corsair AX850 Gold
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
- Cooling
- ThermalTake Silent 1156
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520
- Mouse
- Logitech M310
- Internet Speed
- 7Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky
- Other Info
- Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
NI Kore controller;
NI Maschine controller;
M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;
... and tons of audio software ...
I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency