Ok. I will let you know if the chkdsk helps. Thank you.

Yes, dir does not find the file with the short name. It's not being blocked by the antivirus program either.

The file is there though:

C:\Users\xxx09c>dir /X C:\Users\xxx09c\AppData\Local\Temp\CCS_78~1\util\
Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is
Directory of...

I get the directory listing when I do dir c:\progra~1.

I want to be able to successfully do the following:
dir C:\Users\xxx0523\AppData\Local\Temp\CCS_C1~1\util\7ZAEXE~1.BAT
Even though 7ZAEXE~1.BAT exists, I'm unable to list it. I'm able to do dir...

I can't change the file name or it's short name, this is being executed by automation unfortunately. I need to figure out why it's able to read directory names that are short names, but not file...

I'm able to run the same on another windows 10 machine, just not on this one.

It's a batch script so I just run it from the command line, but I can't even do a dir on the short filename. Thank you so much for responding.

I've checked and 8dot3name is set correctly.
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior query disable8dot3 c:
The volume state is: 0 (8dot3 name creation is enabled).
The registry state is: 2 (Per...

I have a very strange problem - I have a script that's been running for years on other windows, using the 8dot3 convention. Both the directory and the file name have ~ in them. It finds the directory...