Setting the Short Name of file

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I am Trying to set Short Name of A file opened by CreateFile Function with GENERIC_ALL access mode and FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE.

To Set Short Name I used Function SetFileShortName but it gives Run time error 1314 (A required privilege is not held by the client.)
How can I set This privalege? Or setTheshort name Alternatively ?

Thanks in Advance,
Ajay

Posted 6-Feb-12 1:07am

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-02-06T01:10:00

Solution 1

I am at a loss how you'd set the short name, isn't it a truncated version of the long one ? Having said that, you need to set up your application to run as admin. Here[^] is an artile on how.

Posted 6-Feb-12 1:10am

Christian Graus

«_Superman_» · Answer 2 · 2012-02-06T01:22:00

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The documentation for SetFileShortName says that the file must be opened with GENERIC_ALL and FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS flags (GENERIC_ALL | FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS). Is that how you've opened the file?

Also the SE_RESTORE_NAME privilege must be enabled.
Here is how privileges can be enabled - Enabling and Disabling Privileges in C++[^]

Posted 6-Feb-12 1:22am

«_Superman_»

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Aby321 7-Feb-12 0:16am

I rtied both ways. And even I Enabled SE_RESTORE_NAME but still the problem
is there. Are there any other ways?

Ajay.

«_Superman_» 7-Feb-12 0:39am

Have you tried running the application with admin privileges like Christian said?
You can check if it works that way by right clicking on the executable and selecting Run as Administrator.