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[GH-ISSUE #124] Not Working on Drives Other than C:\ #123

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opened 2026-02-25 21:32:41 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

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Originally created by @jinmshu1 on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/clechasseur/pathcopycopy/issues/124

Originally assigned to: @clechasseur on GitHub.

Long time user, but just upgraded to v18 from v12. Running the latest Windows 10 Pro v2004 without any issues.

I know this must be my fault, but I cannot get it copy Short Path on any other drive than C:. I've reinstalled as an Administrator, but still cannot get it to work on other drives. I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen with SSD with 6 partitions.

Any suggestions?

Originally created by @jinmshu1 on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/clechasseur/pathcopycopy/issues/124 Originally assigned to: @clechasseur on GitHub. Long time user, but just upgraded to v18 from v12. Running the latest Windows 10 Pro v2004 without any issues. I know this must be my fault, but I cannot get it copy Short Path on any other drive than C:\. I've reinstalled as an Administrator, but still cannot get it to work on other drives. I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen with SSD with 6 partitions. Any suggestions?

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@clechasseur commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020):

Short (8.3) filenames are not enabled by default on Windows 10 anymore - or they can be configured on a per-drive basis. This is outside of Path Copy Copy's control, unfortunately. For instance, see

https://superuser.com/questions/1505174/how-comes-that-short-filenames-8-3-are-created-in-one-partition-and-not-in-ano

You can enable the feature for all drives or enable it for each drive you want with fsutil it seems.

@clechasseur commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020): Short (8.3) filenames are not enabled by default on Windows 10 anymore - or they can be configured on a per-drive basis. This is outside of Path Copy Copy's control, unfortunately. For instance, see https://superuser.com/questions/1505174/how-comes-that-short-filenames-8-3-are-created-in-one-partition-and-not-in-ano You can enable the feature for all drives or enable it for each drive you want with `fsutil` it seems.

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@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020):

Thank you very much! This explains it to me and also gives me a possible solution. Appreciate it!

@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020): Thank you very much! This explains it to me and also gives me a possible solution. Appreciate it!

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@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020):

I successfully enabled Short (8.3) filenames on all of my partitions per the attached .jpg. I still cannot get PathCopyCopy to produce short paths for any other partition other than C:. I did re-install PathCopyCopy after enabling the Short (8.3) filenames

Any other suggestions? I appreciate the help. Thanks!

@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020): I successfully enabled Short (8.3) filenames on all of my partitions per the attached .jpg. I still cannot get PathCopyCopy to produce short paths for any other partition other than C:\. I did re-install PathCopyCopy after enabling the Short (8.3) filenames ![Clipboard01](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/68709945/89106245-356d6a00-d3f6-11ea-915f-3c5e5005693d.jpg) Any other suggestions? I appreciate the help. Thanks!

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@clechasseur commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2020):

From the link above, it seems that simply enabling the setting for a drive won't generate the short names for existing files. You have to copy the files/directories and delete the original, or some other convoluted tricks:

https://superuser.com/questions/681330/how-to-force-short-name-8dot3-generation

Try it with a new file and see if it works.

@clechasseur commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2020): From the link above, it seems that simply enabling the setting for a drive won't generate the short names for existing files. You have to copy the files/directories and delete the original, or some other convoluted tricks: https://superuser.com/questions/681330/how-to-force-short-name-8dot3-generation Try it with a new file and see if it works.

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@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2020):

Thanks again. Yep, that handled it. Copying directories from, and back to, the affected partitions solved the problem. PathCopyCopy works fine.

Appreciate the help even though it had nothing directly to do with your work. : )

@jinmshu1 commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2020): Thanks again. Yep, that handled it. Copying directories from, and back to, the affected partitions solved the problem. PathCopyCopy works fine. Appreciate the help even though it had nothing directly to do with your work. : )