IIRC - I *think* this can sometimes happen due to attribute issues in WinMe
which *may* be linked to the following KB articles:-

"Start Menu or Shortcut Items Appear Capitalized After Restoration"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;261690

"System Restore May Not Properly Restore Attributes to Files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;267160
(Note the reference to 'case' in the Symptoms and Workaround sections)

Interesting to note in the Status section that "Microsoft has confirmed that
this is a problem ...." and the 'Rename' workaround still appears to be the
current fix.

Also, I seem to recall that it was once suggested on these pages, that the
way
WinMe handles long filenames, might also have an effect on this phenomenon.
However, there's no mention of this potential problem in "How Windows
Generates 8.3 File Names from Long File Names"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142982/en-us

Sorry if my response isn't very helpful.

Mart


"caroloyl" wrote in message
...
I have a couple of Me conundrums going on--this first:

In April I had a new computer built to boot either Millennium or XP. Both
OS are on appropriate partitions (C=FAT32; G=NTFS) on a 160 GB drive.
When I use Windows Explorer in Me (but not XP) I find all folder and file
names with 8 or fewer characters converted to all caps (DOS). Longer
names
appear with initial caps or all lower case letters just as I named them.
The admixture of naming formats looks chaotic and the DOS version is
inappropriate for files I upload to my websites. Is there any way I can
force Millennium's WinExp to use mixed-case and lower case letters only
for
every name?

Thanks for hanging in here for diehards like me :-)