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pInvoke function to retrieve 8.3 shortnames in powershell
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Get-ShortPathName.ps1
function Get-ShortPathName{
Param([string] $path)
$MethodDefinition = @'
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "GetShortPathNameW", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern int GetShortPathName(string pathName, System.Text.StringBuilder shortName, int cbShortName);
'@
$Kernel32 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $MethodDefinition -Name 'Kernel32' -Namespace 'Win32' -PassThru
$shortPath = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder(500)
$retVal = $Kernel32::GetShortPathName($path, $shortPath, $shortPath.Capacity)
return $shortPath.ToString()
}
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