File exists() with dirs like "docume~1" and other shorted paths on windows

Question

Hello All
I've been having troubles when using "shorted" paths like "C:\docume~1\...."
Unfortunatelly i have to parse the output of another program which gives me the way "docume~1" instead of "documents and settings"
The thing is that when i use something like
File path = new File ("C:\docume~1\....");
boolean out = path.exists();
out is always false for this kind of paths, while when other normal paths i have no problems. Is there any way to "translate" it on the fly, or make this reduced names to be recognized by Java?

Answer 1

8.3 notation using "~" works for me.
File path = new File ("C:\docume~1\....");Might be a typo, but make sure to escape the backslash in string constants, i.e.:
File path = new File("C:\\docume~1\\...");