DOS (8.3) short path issue in VSSConverter

Enable a feature on the Application Tier server that makes Visual Server 2008 Team Foundation Server allow the MS-DOS-compatible short name format. To do this, follow these steps:

1.Make sure that you have Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 installed.

2.On the Application Tier server, locate the following folder: Installation folder\web services\version control

3.In Notepad, open the Web.config file.

4.Under the <configuration> element, locate the <appSettings> element, and then add the following element.

   1: <add key="allow8Dot3Paths" value="true" />

For example, update the code as follows.

   1: <configuration>

   2: ...

   3:     <appSettings>

   4: ...

   5:         <add key="allow8Dot3Paths" value="true" />

   6: ...

   7:     </appSettings>

   8: ...

   9: </configuration>

Save the Web.config file and perform the migration.

After the migration is done change the allow8Dot3Paths key back to false.