Windows 10: Windows 10 DIR command output format changed

Due to a recent change in windows 10 ... it seems several commands no longer recognize switches ... that is not an insurmountable problem ... BUT ... the output format of the DIR command changed the format of the output and as such ... all of my scripts that used the format used for the past 20+ years will work now

Can someone tell me if there is a way to force Windows 10 Pro to output to use the old format?

:)

 

dir Difficulties

I am getting the hang of this command set.

Maybe somebody know a work around that will list the three time stamps at one time.
Theoretically dir /TC /TA /TW.
dir will only show one of the three at one time.

To me it seems that the only way to get all three on a line is to run loop with output to file, then boiling down the three outputs to one line. Clumsy but maybe the only way to get the job done?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Changing Time Format

Hi Mary,

There's a possibility that the set up time format in your computer Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is military time. To have this checked, you can try to reset the time of your computer through Control Panel. See the steps below on how to do
so:

• Open Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region >
  Change date, time, or number formats. This would open the
  Region window.
• From there, click on Additional settings at the bottom part. It will open the Customize Format.
• Click Reset; then, OK.

The steps should work; however, if not, we suggest that you contact manufacturer and have the BIOS time checked.

Let us know what happens after doing the suggestions .

 

Windows 10 "dir" command and Windows API FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW

What you are doing.

Try out on Windows 10 Prof. 1709 (Build 16299.125) 64Bit.

1. Start command line.

2. create 4 files test1.tx, test1.txt, test1.txt1, test1.txt11

3. type dir *.tx

found: test1.tx

4. type dir *.txt1

found: test1.txt1

5. type dir *.txt11

found: test1.txt11

and now

6. type dir *.txt

found: test1.txt

test1.txt1

test1.txt11

Is it an feature or an bug ?

The same results are on Windows API FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW.

It seems like the search is in 8.3 (old dos) file name format.

How can i fix it.

In special i looking for VHD files but it also list all VHDX files.

The same on Windows 7 64Bit.

It could be i did not understand how the dir command (and Windows API) works.

In my opinion it is time to take a cut with the old DOS name schema.

Yes I can control and filter the results but that is not the solution.