Create and then rename a new folder

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  1. Posts : 544
    Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
       #1

    Create and then rename a new folder


    When I create a new folder in any directory and then try to rename it, I get the attached message. I usually cancel the message, and then the file is appropriately renamed. This message doesn't seem to do anything except get in the way. What gives with this? I don't recall getting this message before, at least not in XP. Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Arthur,

    As a test, you might see if downloading and merging the .reg file for the Folder and Directory options listed in the tutorial below may be able to help by resetting the default associations for folders.

    Default File Type Associations - Restore

    Hope this may help, :)
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 544
    Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi Shawn. Thanks for your response. I reset the Folder and Directory options as you suggested. No change. When I click "New Folder," I get a new folder called "New Folder." On the first try to rename it, it tells me the folder can't be found. I click "try again," and it works. Is that SOP?
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    No, that's not how it's suppose to work.

    If this just started recently, then you could do a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before this started to hopefully undo the cause and fix it.

    If not, then as a test, create a new user account, and see if you have the same issue while logged in to it. If it works properly, then you could use the new account instead if you like.
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  5. Posts : 544
    Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    Brink said:
    No, that's not how it's suppose to work.
    Yeah, I didn't think so.

    Brink said:
    If not, then as a test, create a new user account, and see if you have the same issue while logged in to it. If it works properly, then you could use the new account instead if you like.
    OK. I'll try this. Thanks.
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  6. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #6

    When you right click and see "New Folder" and click on that, does it give you a chance to change the name before it is saved? That is the way mine works.
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  7. Posts : 544
    Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
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    When you right click and see "New Folder" and click on that, does it give you a chance to change the name before it is saved?
    "New Folder" is a button option across the top of the window. Left-clicking that button once creates a new folder called "new folder." It does not give me a rename option when I right-click on the highlighted new folder, but it does give me that option when I right-click the new folder after it's unhighlighted. Then I get the message I originally attached. On "try again," it lets me rename the file. This behavior seems odd to me.
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  8. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    What happens if you just right click on your desktop and make a new folder ? Does it behave normally ? Can you rename it ?

    Can you post a pic of this button, window, your talking about ?
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  9. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
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    AddRAM said:

    Can you post a pic of this button, window, your talking about ?

    Pretty sure it's this one on the explorer toolbar,
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  10. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Does anybody think sfc /scannow might be worth a try? Just a thought!

    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
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