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Upper Case Folder Naming Bug in Windows Explorer

Caveman

Platinum Member
Using the desktop explorer, this occurs when trying to name folders using uppercase letters. Certain character strings will &quot;stay&quot; uppercase, others will shift to lowercase the instant <return> is pressed, only keeping the first letter uppercase. BUT, place a space anywhere in the string, OR sometimes separate with dashes, and all uppercase letters will stay uppercase as intended.

Examples: The names &quot;RMA&quot; and &quot;IJKL&quot; will change to &quot;Rma&quot; and &quot;Ijkl&quot; respectively. The names &quot;DEFGH&quot; and &quot;MNOPQ&quot; will change to lower case, but adding dashes, &quot;D-E-F-G-H&quot; and &quot;M-N-O-P-Q&quot; will stay uppercase! However, adding dashes to &quot;I-J-K-L&quot; doesn't help. It still changes to lower case (except the &quot;I&quot😉.

By adding a space, &quot;R MA&quot; or &quot;RM A&quot;, or &quot;I JKL, &quot;IJ KL&quot;, &quot;IJK L&quot; will stay uppercase as intended.

WEIRD behavior! Same result on Windows 95 and Windows NT, v4. Discovered this morning on 2 machines at work. Won't get to try on Windows 98 until tonight.

Anyone know what's going on or how to fix? (NOT to be confused with the &quot;capitalize the first letter of every word&quot; setting of some word processors.)
 
It's not a bug, it's a feature.

And, keeping whatever the user typed in is much easier than automatically shift to lower case. I really don't know why MS programmed that.
 
Just use the Tweak UI Power Toy and check (or uncheck?) the option &quot;Allow all uppercase filenames&quot;
 
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