Re: [WiX-users] Short Filenames

2009-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
1. Pretty much right. There are only two good reasons I've heard for MSI still requiring short names, Novell file shares and that's just the way the Windows Installer works. I've found inertia has a huge play in Windows Installer decisions. The third reason I've heard is that the user can force

Re: [WiX-users] Short Filenames

2009-07-06 Thread Rob Hamflett
Quinton Tormanen wrote: > 1. Why does MSI still require short names to be provided? It is my > understanding that all OSes since Windows 95 have supported them. It's a legacy thing that's just been carried on. In a discussion a while back someone managed to come up with a system that could feas