Stacker 4.0 or Earlier May Damage Long Filenames

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you install Stacker version 4.0 or earlier on a computer running Windows 95, long filenames in Windows 95 may be lost.

Or, if you upgrade a computer running Stacker 4.0 or earlier to Windows 95 and then run a Stacker utility, long filenames in Windows 95 may be lost.

CAUSE

Stacker versions 4.0 and earlier are not aware of the long filenames that Windows 95 supports and may damage them.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods:

• Upgrade to Stacker version 4.1 or later.
• Install Stacker version 4.0 or earlier before you install Windows 95, and make sure not to run any Stacker utilities after you install Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

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REFERENCES

For more information about hard disk utilities that may damage long filenames, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE ID: Q120442
   TITLE     : Using Hard Disk Utilities with Windows 95