Lpc2000

> OTOH, I would like to have the long file names.  The 8.3 notation 
> just isn't useful when describing an effect file.
> 
> So it comes down to lazy versus utility.  Unless I can find the code 
> already written.

You could always use another file for 'long names' and have
that file map the long name to short 8.3 names.

I think this is what some of the older CD burner routines
used to do to put long file names onto a CD that only
supported 8.3 format.

The downside is that you now have to read and write long filenames
using a custom WinXP file manager. Not really too difficult with
a little bit of Tcl/Tk scripting to read the long filename
file, display those file names, and then convert back
again to access the device ...

Just another option to assist in your laziness :)

Dave