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  #11  
Old December 18th 09, 03:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Tarquin T. Shuttlecock
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Mart wrote:
... so why not?


.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,


Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.


Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point was that
you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just select those all
in uppercase. In fact you can do just about anything you feel like with the
proviso that renaming system files rather than simply changing case is a bad
idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol


There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to fix.
But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair enough...

AB



Making it a bit of a pointless exercise, especially in my case where
it made absolutely no real odds to me what case it was in. Just lived
with it.
HT


"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in
message ...
Ha!

I don't *think* I ever posted this tardily before, so why not? Herb
Trousers' 'The Rename' runs on 9x and is excellent for renaming en
masse. For instance, you can change case to first letter of each word
capitalised.
The could change said case of every file on C: (bar, I suppose, in
use stuff) by starting in C: and selecting sub-folders, then every
file in the subsequent list. Course it would probably take a *long*
time, not least due
to obvious hardware limitations on a box still running Me!

Tarquin T. Shuttlecock

Mart wrote:
You may be right Harry. Just looked at my old WinMe laptop and there
are quite a substantial number of upper-case file names, some of
which I do remember were once in lower-case. But not tried (nor
intend to try g) Renaming them.

Mart



"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the feedback carol, but I suspect the random
case-change issue was/is a "feature" of WinMe. I recall just
'living with it' on my old WinMe boxes and I think that was the
general consensus when I first saw it raised in these news group
pages quite some years ago.

It must to be a local problem, Mart, I don't encounter it on my
machine. H.


Sorry I can't really help any further, don't know if Mike or Noel
can offer anything. Best of luck.

Mart


"caroloyl" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart--

Thanks for the--yes--helpful links! I did use System Restore
once on the
new Millennium installation a few days after I got the dual
booter ... and
I did try renaming a few of Me's files manually. Unfortunately
the renaming didn't stick, but then I may have done it with XP
:-b Will try the renaming again from within Me.

carol



"Mart" wrote in message
...
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 :-)




  #12  
Old December 18th 09, 05:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_4_]
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Default Text Case Problem

With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in message
...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?


.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,


Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.


Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point was
that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just select
those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just about anything you feel
like with the proviso that renaming system files rather than simply
changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol


There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to fix.
But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair enough...

AB




  #13  
Old December 18th 09, 05:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Tarquin T. Shuttlecock
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Posts: 8
Default Test Case Pogram

I'm not getting emoticons, Joan! (with OE-Quotefix). And in fact since
installing Office 2010 the smellfecker doesn't do a particularly good job -
though I suppose that it works at all in OE is a surprise.

P'raps should try Windows Live Mail (again).

I do believe Grace Slick just sang "like an over-the-moon cow"! ???

Joan Archer wrote:
With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g


"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in
message ...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?

.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,

Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.


Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point
was that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just
select those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just about
anything you feel like with the proviso that renaming system files
rather than simply changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol


There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to
fix. But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair
enough... AB




  #14  
Old December 18th 09, 06:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
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Posts: 12
Default Text Case Problem

No, still no emoticon.

And my tea's cold!

Should have stuck to coffee. Perhaps that's why I don't see an emoticon?



How much that the 25th is totally devoid of snow, is damp and grey and not
even very cold?

(That was my signature!)



"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in message
...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?

.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,

Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.


Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point was
that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just select
those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just about anything you feel
like with the proviso that renaming system files rather than simply
changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol


There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to fix.
But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair enough...

AB




  #15  
Old December 18th 09, 06:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
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Posts: 12
Default Text Case Problem

Ah, so!

--
How much that the 25th is totally devoid of snow, is damp and grey and not
even very cold?


"Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke" wrote in
message ...
No, still no emoticon.

And my tea's cold!

Should have stuck to coffee. Perhaps that's why I don't see an emoticon?



How much that the 25th is totally devoid of snow, is damp and grey and not
even very cold?

(That was my signature!)



"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in
message ...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?

.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,

Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.

Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point was
that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just select
those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just about anything you feel
like with the proviso that renaming system files rather than simply
changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol

There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to
fix. But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair
enough...

AB




  #16  
Old December 18th 09, 08:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_4_]
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Posts: 81
Default Text Case Problem

You wont get them if you're reading the posts in Plain Text silly gand I'm
going to finish my last drop of proper coffee from the filter machine g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke" wrote in
message ...
No, still no emoticon.

And my tea's cold!

Should have stuck to coffee. Perhaps that's why I don't see an emoticon?



How much that the 25th is totally devoid of snow, is damp and grey and not
even very cold?

(That was my signature!)



"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in
message ...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?

.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,

Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.

Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The point was
that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files but just select
those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just about anything you feel
like with the proviso that renaming system files rather than simply
changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol

There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy to
fix. But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair
enough...

AB




  #17  
Old December 18th 09, 09:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Tarquin T. Shuttlecock
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 8
Default Text Case Problem

But I wasn't at first Joan! And I just switched back (mind, I am in OE
again, but that shouldn't matter, it's worked for years) and I'm still
getting what I got earlier, that is the good ol' blank square with the red
x! I'll have to read up on that one I guess. Been a long time since that was
a regular on winme general (I expect. For all I know people were asking
about it three months ago!) and I never did learnt the solution, never
having suffered it myself.

Just realised I don't have my sig in OE!

Joan Archer wrote:
You wont get them if you're reading the posts in Plain Text silly
gand I'm going to finish my last drop of proper coffee from the
filter machine g

"Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke" wrote in
message ...
No, still no emoticon.

And my tea's cold!

Should have stuck to coffee. Perhaps that's why I don't see an
emoticon? How much that the 25th is totally devoid of snow, is damp and
grey
and not even very cold?

(That was my signature!)



"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
With a name like Tarquin what do you expect g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Tarquin T. Shuttlecock" wrote in
message ...
Mart wrote:
... so why not?

.... Course it would probably take a *long* time,

Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit.

Only a loony would actually want to change all filenames. The
point was that you can even do that. Or - you can view all files
but just select those all in uppercase. In fact you can do just
about anything you feel like with the proviso that renaming system
files rather than simply changing case is a bad idea.


Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's
comment :-
.. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick,
carol

There is always a reason for that. And it will be relatively easy
to fix. But if one wishes to put it down to, say, God's will, fair
enough...

AB




  #18  
Old December 19th 09, 01:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Posts: 2,047
Default Text Case Problem

Tools | Options | Security and UNcheck "Block images and other external
content in HTML e-mail".
--
Mike


Tarquin T. Shuttlecock wrote:

But I wasn't at first Joan! And I just switched back (mind, I am in OE
again, but that shouldn't matter, it's worked for years) and I'm still
getting what I got earlier, that is the good ol' blank square with
the red x! I'll have to read up on that one I guess. Been a long time
since that was a regular on winme general (I expect. For all I know
people were asking about it three months ago!) and I never did learnt
the solution, never having suffered it myself.

Just realised I don't have my sig in OE!


  #19  
Old December 19th 09, 02:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
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Posts: 12
Default Text Case Problem

Mike M wrote:
Tools | Options | Security and UNcheck "Block images and other
external content in HTML e-mail".

Bloody 'ell! Thanks!

What I find really hard to believe is that I've had that one unchecked
(therefore) for, what, the last I don't know how many years? And reading in
plain text only also unchecked? I can scarcely remember a time when I didn't
use OE-Quotefix with OE. I'm flabbergasted. My flabber has never been so
gasted, as I believe Frankie Howerd would have said!

So, y'okay Mike?

Shane

--
Just realised I don't have my sig in OE!





  #20  
Old December 19th 09, 03:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Posts: 2,047
Default Text Case Problem

Using OE Quotefix should be mandatory for those using OE, especially those
who use it as a newsreader and post messages to Usenet. :-)

How are you keeping? Myself, so so thanks. I'm becoming increasingly lazy
although I suspect I had a head start on most. even bigger grin

Hopefully I'll see you around for the next few days. This place needs
livening up before MS try to kill it for good. I now off to try and finish
digitising the VHS tape I'm working on. Video keeps going out of synch, I
don't know whether it's the age of the tape or the VCR, and I have to keep
stopping, resyncing the video and then restarting. Looks as if I'm going to
have a lot of editing to do to stitch the parts together.
--
Mike


Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke wrote:

Mike M wrote:
Tools | Options | Security and UNcheck "Block images and other
external content in HTML e-mail".

Bloody 'ell! Thanks!

What I find really hard to believe is that I've had that one unchecked
(therefore) for, what, the last I don't know how many years? And
reading in plain text only also unchecked? I can scarcely remember a
time when I didn't use OE-Quotefix with OE. I'm flabbergasted. My
flabber has never been so gasted, as I believe Frankie Howerd would
have said!
So, y'okay Mike?

Shane


 




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