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SMSINST: Extract Option Truncates File Names After 19 Characters

Article ID: 189313

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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This article was previously published under Q189313

SYMPTOMS

When running a Systems Management Server Installer executable with the /X (Extract) option, file names longer than 19 characters are truncated at the 19th character.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server Installer 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: filename filenames cut chopped off SMS

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