Excellent point. And hopefully this will solve the issue. But in my experience that doesn't necessarily solve the problem; eg: sit files can still have their extension but lack their appropriate icon (& identity.) My alternative solution was to use a file utility like Mac Army Knife to give the file the correct file type & creator. But we can't expect everybody to be fiddling around with file properties. And perhaps best for the technically minded only. Although MAM is easy to use. Also, in the classic envt. under OSX, the filename length is not necesarily an issue. I just sampled a SimpleText file at 36 char. long. & an aiff with it's extnsion deleted & name extended to 50 char. & was able to open it directly via Sound Edit, an OS9 only audio app. (it's just that the name becomes truncated within the app & for saving purposes. But I'm talking about the classic envt in the latter example.

I still don't know whether he/she (macos9) wants to use Classic or OS9!? I'm not sure they know yet.