On a file name I am simply trying to change a small t into a capital T. Clicking on the file to edit the name shows it taking the change until the highlight comes off and it reverts back to a small t. Upon highlighting the file enough to edit it again it shows the large T. Using the right click-rename option I get a message stating the new file is the same as the source. Any ideas as to what could be doing this?
I have Windows 7 Home Premium.
Go to folder ....right click...rename ....then name it.
You may have done it this way, but I have no way of knowing what course of action you took.
If that is what you tried, do this. Change it to something really different. Then rename the way you want.
Something on your system is set to only allow lowercase names in file/folder names.
I have looked around, but can't find where this might be set
Could be a program you installed or specific software you installed for your keyboard settings?
Have you tried opening a CMD prompt and typing:
ren "K:\MyFiles\test.txt" "K:\MyFiles\Test.txt"
I have seen inexplicable things in renaming.
Most recent example:
I tried to make a folder called Sammy Davis Jr.
Note the period after Jr.
No can do.
Windows Explorer insists on Sammy Davis Jr, without a period.
I have also seen Microsoft Excel refuse to acknowledge the sum of 3 adjacent cells.
A1 contains 1
B1 contains 2
C1 contains 3
Excel says A1 plus B1 plus C1 is 4, ignoring B1. No amount of fiddling, formatting, column deletion, etc could resolve it.
Repeat after me as it may apply:
God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things that I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference.
That worked... I had to change the name to something else first. Then I have to go back in to change it back. Turning one step into three... Now that's an improvement! (NOT!)
Good for you
It was my thought that the new was too close to the old. The computer could differentiate the subtle difference.
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Words of Wisdom.
