Can one tell Explorer to accept filesnames containing only an extension? "Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser[ at ]nospam.freesurf.ch> 12/22/2008 4:13:25 PM Again and again I run into this most annoying behavior of Explorer that it does not accept filenames that only have an extension. When dealing with certain packages that are designed to run across multiple platforms (e.g. eclipse) one frequently has to deal with such files (e.g. .plugin or .project - these are files that are supposed to be normally hidden in *nix systems and so their name starts with a '.'). I then always have to fire up the DOS window to rename or otherwise manipulate such files "manually". Can't one tell Explorer to just shut up and accept such filenames, even if they consist only of an extension and no name? Some registry tweak or whatever? Michael

Re: Can one tell Explorer to accept filesnames containing only an extension? Roger <nospam[ at ]anymail.com> 12/23/2008 2:07:22 AM Michael Moser wrote: [Quoted Text] > When dealing with certain packages that are designed to run across > multiple platforms (e.g. eclipse) one frequently has to deal with such > files (e.g. .plugin or .project - these are files that are supposed to > be normally hidden in *nix systems and so their name starts with a '.'). > I then always have to fire up the DOS window to rename or otherwise > manipulate such files "manually". If your files are text files use TextPad.

Re: Can one tell Explorer to accept filesnames containing only an extension? "Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser[ at ]nospam.freesurf.ch> 12/23/2008 10:58:49 AM Roger wrote: [Quoted Text] > Michael Moser wrote: >> When dealing with certain packages that are designed to run across >> multiple platforms (e.g. eclipse) one frequently has to deal with >> such files (e.g. .plugin or .project - these are files that are >> supposed to be normally hidden in *nix systems and so their name >> starts with a '.'). I then always have to fire up the DOS window to >> rename or otherwise manipulate such files "manually". > > If your files are text files use TextPad. I know that other apps have no problem with that. But that means firing up yet another application to do the job. And whether that's TextPad or Cmd doesn't make much difference to me. My question aimed at whether it isn't possible to configure/tweak Explorer to accept such names in the first place. Michael

Re: Can one tell Explorer to accept filesnames containing only an extension? "Asger Joergensen" <Junk[ at ]Asger-P.dk> 12/23/2008 12:44:10 PM Hi Michael Michael Moser wrote: [Quoted Text] > Again and again I run into this most annoying behavior of Explorer > that it does not accept filenames that only have an extension. > > When dealing with certain packages that are designed to run across > multiple platforms (e.g. eclipse) one frequently has to deal with > such files (e.g. .plugin or .project - these are files that are > supposed to be normally hidden in *nix systems and so their name > starts with a '.'). I then always have to fire up the DOS window to > rename or otherwise manipulate such files "manually". I would say it is a poor crossplatform design if You have to rename files to make it work. > > Can't one tell Explorer to just shut up and accept such filenames, > even if they consist only of an extension and no name? Some registry > tweak or whatever? > > Michael I think it will be easier to make *nix hide _name or !name then it is to make explorer accept .name Kind regards Asger

Re: Can one tell Explorer to accept filesnames containing only an extension? Dacicus <dacicus_inenarrabilis[ at ]yahoo.com> 12/23/2008 10:24:45 PM On Dec 22, 8:13 am, "Michael Moser" <michael- nospam.mo...[ at ]nospam.freesurf.ch> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Again and again I run into this most annoying behavior of Explorer that > it does not accept filenames that only have an extension. I have several files and folders with just an extension on my WinXP Home installation. How are you trying to create these files?