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From: Carl Wainwright <CWainwright AT cware DOT co DOT uk>
To: DJGPP AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Windows 98 and long file names
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:34:12 +0100
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Hi there

Well I have just installed windows 98 and am proud to annouce that all
is ok on the compiler side if anybody has any doubts and what do I do
with a compiler that cannot use long filenames???

C

> ----------
> From: 	Anthony Appleyard[SMTP:MCLSSAA2 AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk]
> Sent: 	11 June 1998 12:44
> To: 	DJGPP AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: 	Windows 95 icon funny
> 
>   Sorry about the off-topic query, but I can't find anywhere else to
> ask, and
> I can't find it in several large expensive comprehensive-looking
> books.
>   (1) I now have Windows 95. In its `My Computer' and `Windows
> Explorer',
> against each filename it shows an icon. Which icon it is depends on
> the suffix
> of the filename, e.g. if it is a .BMP file it shows the icon of
> Windows Paint
> or of WANGIMG.EXE . OK so far.
>   (2) Except for .ICO files, where it shows the icon that is in the
> file, e.g.
> if file SCUBA.ICO is a 32*32 pixel picture of a scuba set, My Computer
> or
> Windows Explorer shows opposite the name SCUBA.EXE a picture of a
> scuba set.
>   (3) Or rather, it used to. It has suddenly changed to displaying a
> little
> Windows logo in a box (the default icon) opposite all my *.ICO file
> names.
> Please how can I make (2) true for my PC again?
>