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OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-10-06 06:41:21)
Windows’ legacy 8.3 filename support actually negatively affects performance

To this day, Windows retains full support for the old MS-DOS 8.3 filename limitation, and it does this by creating 8.3 aliases for files with longer names. Apparently, this has a measurable effect on performance, so naturally, people are going to turn it off to make their Windows ins

https://www.osnews.com/story/146073/windows-legacy-8-3-filename-support-actually-negatively-affects-performance/

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