Dots at end of file name?

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Silly question: If you rename a file, Say: image.jpg to image.jpg.. it disappears.

Is this the way windows handles deletes or something?

John T · Answer 1 · 2011-01-07 20:22:50Z

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I remember in Windows XP it would simply disallow it as it is not supported. I believe it is a bug in Windows 7 this time around.

You can still recover your files easily using the command line by moving them elsewhere with the move command.

answered Jan 7 '11 at 20:22

John T
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	:\| So I wonder where the file is :) Obviously Explorer can't see it. I can't see it with a DIR in the directory in CMD either. – Jeff F. Jan 7 '11 at 20:23
	I have tested it and can see them with CMD. They are listed without the trailing dot. – John T Jan 7 '11 at 20:24
	Yeah your right, but for me it required a refresh in explorer(it must fix it), the first link was exactly it. After a refresh it re pops back up :) Interesting. – Jeff F. Jan 7 '11 at 20:25

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