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Asked: 2026-06-18T11:43:24+00:00

I need to get 8.3 formatted path (in this case {app} ) for registry

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I need to get 8.3 formatted path (in this case {app}) for registry entry.

Unfortunately this specific Delphi function does not work in Inno Setup

function ExtractShortPathName(const S: FullFileName): string;

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    Use the GetShortName function. From the reference:

    Returns the short version of the specified long filename. If the short
    version of the long filename is not found, the long filename is
    returned.

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