2009/6/16 Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com:
"André Hentschel" nerv@dawncrow.de wrote:
Fair enough. We tend to mimic Windows behavior. I hadn't checked this myself. Note that it still should be Install*.exe rather than Instal*.exe, at least in English. --Juan
My tests worked with Instal*.exe files on english Windows, too. I bet it is because of the instal~1.exe writing. (8.3 and 6##.3)
There is no such a thing as '6##.3' file names under Windows. '~1' is just a part of short file name, and a long file name should still match the 'Install*.exe' wildcard.
I wish application devs believed this too. I've had issues with (even Microsoft) apps using short filenames, at worst hard-coding "PROGRA~1" for "Program Files", and the app failing to run because on my system it happened to be some other number ... :)