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Creating folder in start menu with a dot(.) at end.

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    Y K Kishore Kumar
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    Hi. I am trying to create a folder programatically in the all programs of start menu with a dot(.) at the end. But it is ignoring the (.) at the end, and creating the folder without the (.) at the end. I also observed that the windows itself not allowing to create the folder with (.) at the end. Pls. help me. Kishore

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      Hi. I am trying to create a folder programatically in the all programs of start menu with a dot(.) at the end. But it is ignoring the (.) at the end, and creating the folder without the (.) at the end. I also observed that the windows itself not allowing to create the folder with (.) at the end. Pls. help me. Kishore

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      Jonathan Darka
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      I don't think you can do this, Windows will assumes you have missed off the extension and will simply remove the '.' Why do yo want to do this ?


      Jonathan Wilkes Darka[Xanya.net]

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        I don't think you can do this, Windows will assumes you have missed off the extension and will simply remove the '.' Why do yo want to do this ?


        Jonathan Wilkes Darka[Xanya.net]

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        I have a project. The name of the package includes the '.' at the end. For example "A.B.C." . But it is creating the folder "A.B.C" in the all programs of Start menu. The client wants the dot (.) at the end also. Kishore

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        • Y Y K Kishore Kumar

          I have a project. The name of the package includes the '.' at the end. For example "A.B.C." . But it is creating the folder "A.B.C" in the all programs of Start menu. The client wants the dot (.) at the end also. Kishore

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          Jonathan Darka
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          The client may very will want it, but you can't do it unless you have some 'special' non-visible character added to the end of the name. I don't think you'll be able to do this, also why does the client care if the (.) is there or not ? Who is going to notice ? regards,


          Jonathan Wilkes Darka[Xanya.net]

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          • Y Y K Kishore Kumar

            Hi. I am trying to create a folder programatically in the all programs of start menu with a dot(.) at the end. But it is ignoring the (.) at the end, and creating the folder without the (.) at the end. I also observed that the windows itself not allowing to create the folder with (.) at the end. Pls. help me. Kishore

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            David Crow
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            The dot is a special character as far as the file system is concerned. It cannot be used in the fashion you desire.


            "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

            "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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