Applies to

Kofax Capture 10.x and 11.x

Summary

How to Enable 8dot3 File Name Creation.

Answer/Solution

To enable 8dot3 File Name Creation from the command prompt:

1. Open the Command Prompt as administrator.

2. Execute the following command:  fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 0

3. Windows 7 will not provide any response. Windows 8 and Windows 10 will respond with the following:  "The registry state is now: 0 (Enable 8dot3 name creation on all volumes)".
   
   

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4. Reboot the PC.

To enable 8dot3 File Name Creation from the Windows Registry:

1. Run regedit.exe

2. Navigate to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

3. Right-click NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation and select Modify

4. Set the Value to 0

5. Reboot the workstation and verify the value remained 0
   
   

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To verify that 8dot3 File Name Creation has been enabled:

1. Open a command prompt "as administrator"

2. Run the following command:
   fsutil.exe behavior query disable8dot3

3. If the 8.3 file name creation is disabled the following result will be displayed:
   The registry state of NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation is 0