Vista Annoyances, Part 3
Today’s Vista annoyance: Explorer refuses to rename files to names that start with a period.
I want to rename “htaccess” to “.htaccess” (an Apache configuration file):
Trying to hit Enter here gives you:
If you use any software that comes from a Unix background, where files that start with a period are common because by default many tools hide those files, get used to doing these sorts operations from the command line.
March 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
I find I can turn off most of the annoying cr@p Vista throws at me but then I feel that other than eye candy there is no reason to leave XP. IS Vista REALLY more secure than a completely updated XP? I hate the grouping in filemanager my windows update keeps turning off, a few other b!tch3s but Vista is mostly flawless. Man if I could pretty up XP like Vista I think I’d go back! I use the file manager 80% of the time (I handle vast quantities of files) and it NEVER remembers my settings and folder renames do not refresh!
These probs occur on both machines.
Yes, I do regret buying the laptop and the new desktop . . .
p.s. I been around since dos 3!
September 4th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Ok, I just came across this. I really wish this was something that can be turned off. I can see if the computer was set to “Grandmother Mode” then yes, it would be nice to not let my grandmother save files without a name. But I WANT to rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess and it makes me sad that I am not allowed to. I have some minor irritations about Vista but seriously, this one needs to be taken care of.
September 21st, 2007 at 5:32 pm
XP does the same thing.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
simple solution:
- open prompt
(in vista click start icon, type in cmd.exe in program search menu, open it)
- navigate to file htaccess.txt folder
(“dir” to view folders/files in current directory, “cd ..” to go to up a folder level, “cd foldername” to move into a folder in your current directory)
- rename file
(“rename htaccess.txt .htaccess”)
:)