Fix short file name generation in bdist_msi.
Patch by Christoph Gohlke.
Closes #7639.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3c590ac..f0b9a08 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #7639: Fix short file name generation in bdist_msi.
+
 - Issue #11666: let help() display named tuple attributes and methods
   that start with a leading underscore.