Running EDIT Tool Switches Directory Listing to 8.3 Format

If you run the EDIT tool from a command prompt in a folder containing long file names, the directly listing switches to 8.3 (short file name) format when you quit the EDIT tool. Changing to a subfolder using a long file name does work, but the original folder in which you ran the EDIT tool is still shown in 8.3 format.

To restore the long file name format directory listing, type cd \ or type cd.. back past the folder being displayed in 8.3 format.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.