Is this a little bug in Windows 7?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
I have run into this myself, though I just tried it and it worked on my Windows 7 computer. Not sure why it'd happen on one computer and not another. The file I was working with is on the root of my C: drive, which is formatted as NTFS. Is your file on a FAT32 drive (perhaps an external one)?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
I believe this odd behavior has to do with how Windows Explorer caches information. Forcing a full refresh usually shows the edit. At least in my experience. (On iPad, so no functional spell check. And I hate the iPad 'keyboard'.)
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
supernorb wrote:
make the OS work properly as I want.
Though sometimes, work properly and work as you want, might not be the same ;P
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I have run into this myself, though I just tried it and it worked on my Windows 7 computer. Not sure why it'd happen on one computer and not another. The file I was working with is on the root of my C: drive, which is formatted as NTFS. Is your file on a FAT32 drive (perhaps an external one)?
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It let me rename "A.txt" to "a.txt". There may be more conditions required to reproduce it.
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I believe this odd behavior has to do with how Windows Explorer caches information. Forcing a full refresh usually shows the edit. At least in my experience. (On iPad, so no functional spell check. And I hate the iPad 'keyboard'.)
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
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supernorb wrote:
make the OS work properly as I want.
Though sometimes, work properly and work as you want, might not be the same ;P
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right - Henry Ford Emmanuel Medina Lopez
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
No, it's not a bug. Windows doesn't (didn't) differentiate upper-case and lower-case names. It can be enabled in the registry. Has something to do with POSIX compliance as I recall. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\ Value Name: ObCaseInsensitive Type: DWORD Value: 0 There's also a bug when installing/uninstalling .Net framework 2.0 which affect case insensitivity setting.
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
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I had noticed this in Windows XP. But Windows 7 lets me do it, not sure why it doesn't allow you to do it. EDIT: Did you upgrade from Win XP ?
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I believe this odd behavior has to do with how Windows Explorer caches information. Forcing a full refresh usually shows the edit. At least in my experience. (On iPad, so no functional spell check. And I hate the iPad 'keyboard'.)
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
Yep, just verified this on my Weven 32 & 64 machines. Rename a file and the capitalized letter would return to small. Hit F5 and they reflect the change.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
supernorb wrote:
maleDefault
Try sprinkling a little ground up Cialis in the USB port.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
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I've inadvertently discovered this when trying renaming my file from 'maledefault' to 'maleDefault' and I couldn't rename it. Just capitalize the letter d, I think there is no case-sensitive string comparison here and tried renaming 'maledefault' to a different one (anything except Maledefault, mAledefault, MAledefault,...) then renamed that one to 'maleDefault'. Wow, I had to rename it indirectly. Is that a little annoying? Or there is some option which I don't know, to make the OS work properly as I want. Here is an instruction for renaming lowercase letters to uppercase letters (or vice versa) in Windows 7 (I'm not sure about others): To rename a -> A , you can't do it normally, just follow the following steps: 1. Rename a -> b (or c, d, or any other but a and A). 2. Rename b -> A 3. Enjoy. :laugh: Any idea?
This is a well known "feature" of Windows from well before Win7.
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This is a well known "feature" of Windows from well before Win7.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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supernorb wrote:
maleDefault
Try sprinkling a little ground up Cialis in the USB port.
Will Rogers never met me.