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Stop creating legacy 8.3 short filenames

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Sets FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation = 1 so NTFS no longer generates MS-DOS-style 8.3 short names for every file. Removes a small per-file write cost on folders with many files. Existing short names are unaffected; a rare 16-bit/legacy installer could care. Reboot required.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil-8dot3name

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