SMB/CIFS displaying in all lowercase

Summary

This document references how to adjust windows to display CIFS Shares so they match the case they are shared as from S1.

Problem

From the S1 Array when we share SMB/CIFS volumes with the name being in UPPERCASE like these:

Windows may show the shares in all lowercase:

This is a cosmetic issue within windows.

We can see from the window’s command prompt that the case is being sent:

Solution

To correct how the Windows File Explorer displays the folder’s case you need to edit the registry to modify the following key:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\DontPrettyPath

To change the system to match the case from the server the value should be set to 1

To apply the change the Windows system must be reboot. Once rebooted when we investigate the shares from the File Explorer we see: