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Dots at the end of file name?

Fresh6 days ago
Mar 15, 20266067 views
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Problem

Silly question: If you rename a file, Say: to it disappears. Is this the way Windows handles deletes or something?

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Fix for: Dots at the end of file name?

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It's not a bug. Filenames in Win32 namespace are not allowed to contain dots at the end!!! Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period. Although the underlying file system may support such names, the Windows shell and user interface…

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