I recommended everyone to try @bitquark's new tool in Go before trying this old tool: https://github.com/bitquark/shortscan The latest version of scanner for IIS ...

If you can guess the full extension (for instance .ASPX when the 8.3 extension is .ASP), always try the short name with the full extension. Sometimes short names are listed in Google which can be used ...

For compatibility with earlier 16-bit DOS and Windows 3.1 applications, Windows 95/98 created an 8.3 short name that was maintained alongside the long name. That compatibility was dropped in Windows ...