During the dialect negotiation, when a Windows 95/98 client is browsing or
connecting to the Windows NT server, it tells the server it only supports
8.3 file names.
When browsing the server from the Windows 95/98 client, this results in
Windows NT only returning those shares with 12 characters or less.
If you attempt to enter the path of a long share name in Microsoft
Explorer, File Manager, or from the Run command on the Start menu, you
will receive the following errors:
From the Run command on the Start menu:
The folder <\\server\share> does not exist
From Microsoft Explorer or File Manager:
The following error occurred while trying to connect x: to
\\server\share
The share name was not found. Be sure you typed it correctly.
Windows 95/98 does not support share names longer than 12 characters. To
browse or connect to printer or disk shares on a Windows NT 4.0 server
from a Windows 95/98 client, the share name must be 12 characters or less.