Enable 8.3 Naming Convention on Windows Server 2008 R2
I’ve cam across this while installing McAfee ePO 4.5, I got an error relating to it and here is how to resolve it using Windows registry.
- Go to start -> run
- Type Regedit
- Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
- Change the value on NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 0
- Reboot the server
Nothing much to it eh =).
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nice information, many thanks to the author. it is incomprehensible to me now, but in general, the usefulness and significance is overwhelming. thanks again and good luck!
Good call – same software – same issue.
All working now.
Star man :)
Good job. thanks for sharing.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778996(v=WS.10).aspx
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil 8dot3name set /?
usage : set [0 through 3] | [ 1 | 0]
Hi All, this is STILL an issue for the latest EPO creation now known as EASI_EPA. At 2gb its a beast to download and at the pre-req check it still throws up this “nuance” of 8.3 naming. You’d think two things by now;
1) How is this not fixed or automatically resolvable (click to fix button would be super!)
2) Why isnt this supported on Server 2012 yet?
Hope this helps others, I’m having to bang in a virtual 2008R2 just for EPO. Meh, never was going to use that 2GB of RAM anyway!
Have a great week!
Luke
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Merci :-).
Had the same issue installing ePol 4.6 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and this post saved me. Many thanks
Glad I could be of help :-).
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Merci :-).
This site was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I’ve found something that helped me.
Thanks!