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Is there any issue in Windows 7-10 with starting a folder name or file name with a period (aka dot)?
There is a document from Microsoft dated in 2020 that sheds good light on this issue.
Microsoft File, Folder naming conventions
With respect in particular to using periods at the beginning of Files and Folders:
1] (you can) Use a period as a directory component in a path to represent the
current directory, for example ".\temp.txt". For more ...
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