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...g and short filenames is preserved as long as complete directories are copied at once. The same is true if done over a network. I think the reason why this works is because the files are copied EXACTLY in the order they were created. Thus if we have the case of two filenames where: long filename : thisisalongfilename1.txt (in Windows) short filename: THISIS~1.TXT (at the DOS command prompt) long filename : thisisalongfilename2.txt (in Windows) short filename: THISIS~2.TXT (at the DOS command prompt) if the combination of thisisalongfilename1.txt/THISIS~1.TXT is copied first it will have exactly the same name o...