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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 :-) |
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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 :-) |
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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 :-) |
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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. 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 :-) |
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"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 :-) |
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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 :-) |
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Mart & Webster72n,
I've noticed some file name capping on this ME machine, but usually only when I'm working on up/dwn loading web pages.. It's a habit now to just check and rename on the server any and all changes that take place.. As for the onboard HD's I've only seen a very few changes on the C drive and never any on the D drive.. RTS "Mart" wrote in message ... 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 :-) |
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"RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart & Webster72n, I've noticed some file name capping on this ME machine, but usually only when I'm working on up/dwn loading web pages.. It's a habit now to just check and rename on the server any and all changes that take place.. As for the onboard HD's I've only seen a very few changes on the C drive and never any on the D drive.. Never did any uploading, but downloading is no problem either. Should it ever happen to me, I'll tolerate it in Mart's fashion, if he can do it, so can I g. H. RTS "Mart" wrote in message ... 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 :-) |
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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 :-) |
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... so why not?
.... Course it would probably take a *long* time, Answered your own question, Tarqui old fruit. Plus, some are likely to change (revert) over time. See carol's comment :- .. Unfortunately the renaming didn't stick, carol 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 :-) |
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