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Why are you shortenning it?<br />
With the CD command, you can specify the full length name, like so:<br />
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CD This Directory<br />
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Or, when using other commands, you simply have to place quotes round it:<br />
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Command &quot;directory&quot;<br />
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&gt;&gt;&nbsp;IM<br />

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Why are you shortenning it?
With the CD command, you can specify the full length name, like so:

CD This Directory

Or, when using other commands, you simply have to place quotes round it:

Command "directory"

>> IM


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I knew it was an easy fix but I was determined to make it harder that it should have been. &nbsp;I should have tried to rename the directory!<br />
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I had to shorten the names becasue there was an application on the server that needed to have it shortened because of the way it was configured.<br />
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Thanks for the input.
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I knew it was an easy fix but I was determined to make it harder that it should have been.  I should have tried to rename the directory!

I had to shorten the names becasue there was an application on the server that needed to have it shortened because of the way it was configured.

Thanks for the input.

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I am trying to change to a directory called &quot;This Directory&quot; in a command prompt by typing 'cd thisdi~1' it says path not found. &nbsp;However when I type 'thisdi~2' it works. &nbsp;There is only one 'This Directory' or anything similar. &nbsp;Where can I go to tell Windows that 'thisdi~1' does not exist?
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I am trying to change to a directory called "This Directory" in a command prompt by typing 'cd thisdi~1' it says path not found.  However when I type 'thisdi~2' it works.  There is only one 'This Directory' or anything similar.  Where can I go to tell Windows that 'thisdi~1' does not exist?

Changing Directory in Command Prompt

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).