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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: TMG Back Ups (was TMG-L: Help needed)
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 17:28:28 -0400


George W.King wrote:
>
> Yesterday, Peggy Heard replied:
> >
> >1. Directory-word 97
> >2. File-nothing worked - didn't see how to put it in "My Documents"
>
> Peggy,
>
> Regretfully, there is a conflict between TMG, which will accept only 8
> character document and folder names, and Windows 95/98, which supports long
> document and folder names. The "My Documents" folder has more than 8
> characters and won't work for TMG. Sorry!!
>

If you enter MyDocuments folder as MyDoc~1, TMG will recognize that.
that is how I have my confurations set up. C:mydoc~1\acorr\reprorts\

bob gillis

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