Saveas Dialog hides filename

I recently saw a message in the Idea Exchange Make the Class Save dialog more like Save As by Darin.K that made a comment about the file name not completely appearing in the file box in a Saveas Dialog. I had seen similar situations in the past. I'm not sure when I first started seeing it.
I finally came across it again when I was trying to do a Save for Previous Version on a filename that was a bit longer than average, but not particularly long. Why does the beginning of the file name disappear off to the left when there is plenty of space in the box to fit it all in?
I would consider this a minor bug in the SaveAs dialog box that should be fixed. See below. This is what it looks like when the dialog box first appears.
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Hello all,
I just got out of a meeting I had with the R&D LabVIEW team with regards to this minor bug. As suspected, this is indeed a Windows issue as some of you mentioned before. Linked below is some "documentation" or published content on the issue. We are aware of this minor bug and according to Microsoft; they are not going to fix this issue in the near future.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/5890ff0d-8432-42bf-a52b-1b772d873d40/if...
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/698560/common-file-open-dialog
The bug report, on our end, has been filed and is still open in our system. Therefore, we are continuing to look for ways to work around this Microsoft bug. As for now, just highlight the file name you are looking to "save as" and the whole name should appear. A minor inconvenience, but nothing mission critical.
Thanks to all for the posts
Rob W.

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