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Section Heading of 32 or More Characters Truncated

Article ID: 163006

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q163006

SUMMARY

When you install a third-party program or device driver and the .inf file specifies a section header of 32 or more characters in the System.ini or Win.ini file, the section header (including spaces) may be truncate to 31 characters.

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This behavior can occur if the string length defined for the .ini file is 32 or more characters.

The following example demonstrates a section header that is truncated to 31 characters:

Header specified in the .inf file:

[update.win]
win.ini,"Frontier Technologies Corporation" (33 characters)

Header created in the Win.ini file entry:

[Frontier Technologies Corporati] (31 characters)

Keywords: KB163006