Stupid (probably) question about XP (Pease HELP)...

[arthurdent]

Stupid question (probably)...<br /><br />How to prevent XP Pro of (re)naming directories and files in upper letters?<br /><br />This is a very annoying, and I know that most of you probably don’t have this problem, and yes I know there is must be very simply solutions, but I don’t have a clue. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> <br /><br />So, Please HELP!<br /> <img border="0" alt="[Help]" title="" src="graemlins/help.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Help]" title="" src="graemlins/help.gif" /> <br /><br />peace

[SexySites]

hmmm are you finding that they are in UPPER CASE when you look at these files through another operating system?<br /><br />I've noticed that windows2000 also does this ... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" /> <br /><br />laters,<br />Chris

[arthurdent]

Yes. I have Win98SE, and that’s how I discover this shit.<br />First time I don’t see anything wrong in XP, and then I reboot in 98 and see UPPER CASE. OK, I say and manually renaming all. Second time, after some work, I reboot again in XP and I see "UPPER CASE" files and directories. Every file that is created in XP have "UPPER CASE" first letter.<br /><br />Now I work in XP (much faster) and manually renaming files in Win98... Annoying job, very annoying.<br /><br /> <img border="0" alt="[Help]" title="" src="graemlins/help.gif" /> <br />peace

[SexySites]

hmmmmm not sure if there is a way to get around this ...unless you can find a program / make one which renames things to lower case again for you...<br /><br />you could try checking out the tech support areas and faqs on microsofts website...it might have some info there <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> kinda obvious but might help <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />laters,<br />Chris

[arthurdent]

Hi Chris,<br />Thanks for input <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> .<br />Actually on Help & Support newsgroup I got answer about this problem. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br /><br />So, if you or anyone have similar problem, this is a solution:<br /><br />Check your settings here: Start/Run/Regedit<br /><br />HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\<br />Explorer\Advanced<br /><br />Value Name: DontPrettyPath<br />Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)<br />Value Data: (0 = adjust caps, 1 = show caps)<br /><br />Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called<br />"DontPrettyPath" and set it to equal "1" to display the file using their<br />original capitalization or "0" to adjust the caps.<br /><br />Restart Windows for the change to take effect.<br /><br />--<br />All the Best,<br />Kelly<br /><br />Again, Thanks Kelly...<br /><br />peace