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by trinovantes 1517 days ago
Random trivia: Microsoft explicitly added the space in "Program Files" to ensure developers know they need to handle spaces in paths
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Joke's on them, I just use PROGRA~1.
Sounds like you've got a handle on it!
You can't depend on that working. It could be another digit.
Or short file names might be turned off.
Same thing with My Documents.
Really? Huh, that's very interesting, thanks!