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From: !!! on 17 Jul 2010 09:20
Hi!
I just realised that I can't create a folder and a file with the same
name.
For example if in Desktop I create a new folder named "folder1" and
rename a file to "folder1" (it has no extension), an error message
appears that says:
Cannot rename "previous filename": A file with the name you specified
already exists. Specify a different file name.
It just started to happen today.
Yesterday it was fine.

Please help me!
What is wrong?
How can I fix it?
From: Nil on 17 Jul 2010 12:36
On 17 Jul 2010, "!!!@!!!" <eltoni.91(a)gmail.com> wrote in alt.windows-
xp:

> I just realised that I can't create a folder and a file with the same
> name.
> For example if in Desktop I create a new folder named "folder1" and
> rename a file to "folder1" (it has no extension), an error message
> appears that says:
> Cannot rename "previous filename": A file with the name you specified
> already exists. Specify a different file name.
> It just started to happen today.
> Yesterday it was fine.
>
> Please help me!
> What is wrong?
> How can I fix it?

Nothing is wrong, there is nothing to fix. That is always how Windows
worked. You must choose a diferent name.
From: Bruce Chambers on 17 Jul 2010 16:40
!!!@!!! wrote:
> Hi!
> I just realised that I can't create a folder and a file with the same
> name.
> For example if in Desktop I create a new folder named "folder1" and
> rename a file to "folder1" (it has no extension), an error message
> appears that says:
> Cannot rename "previous filename": A file with the name you specified
> already exists. Specify a different file name.
> It just started to happen today.
> Yesterday it was fine.
>
> Please help me!
> What is wrong?


Nothing is wrong. That's the way it's supposed to be.

> How can I fix it?

You can't.


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From: joop g on 18 Jul 2010 06:31
!!!@!!! wrote:

> Hi!
> I just realised that I can't create a folder and a file with the same
> name.
> For example if in Desktop I create a new folder named "folder1" and
> rename a file to "folder1" (it has no extension), an error message
> appears that says:
> Cannot rename "previous filename": A file with the name you specified
> already exists. Specify a different file name.
> It just started to happen today.
> Yesterday it was fine.

I think you never could, and never can.
Probably you have fallen into the "user friendliness" trap.

In Windows, data files usually have an "extension" indicating the type of
the file, e.g. .jpg. But Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decided that
users should not be bothered with extensions, so by default they are made
invisible. Instead, the icon should show the file type. So you have a
file "foobar.jpg", but it is shown as "foobar". And, yes, you can in this
case also have a directory foobar, without extension.

Problem is, it does not always work consistently, and you may end up with
data files without extension (which seems to have happened in your case),
or with multiple extensions (.jpg.jpg).


From: News123 on 18 Jul 2010 07:30
Hi Joop,

joop g wrote:
> !!!@!!! wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> I just realised that I can't create a folder and a file with the same
>> name.
>> For example if in Desktop I create a new folder named "folder1" and
>> rename a file to "folder1" (it has no extension), an error message
>> appears that says:
>> Cannot rename "previous filename": A file with the name you specified
>> already exists. Specify a different file name.
>> It just started to happen today.
>> Yesterday it was fine.
>
> I think you never could, and never can.
> Probably you have fallen into the "user friendliness" trap.
>
> In Windows, data files usually have an "extension" indicating the type of
> the file, e.g. .jpg. But Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decided that
> users should not be bothered with extensions, so by default they are made
> invisible. Instead, the icon should show the file type. So you have a
> file "foobar.jpg", but it is shown as "foobar". And, yes, you can in this
> case also have a directory foobar, without extension.
>
> Problem is, it does not always work consistently, and you may end up with
> data files without extension (which seems to have happened in your case),
> or with multiple extensions (.jpg.jpg).
>
>
I think youre explanation seems to be the right one I guess.

One reason more to always disable hiding of file suffixes on every
Windows host.

I also consider, that hiding of file suffixes increases the probability
of clicking on Malware.
Something having a nice pdf icon, but being an executable is not really
obvious



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