Re: How do I rename WINDOWS directory to Windows

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From: V Green (vanceg_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:44:06 -0700

"Steve Shattuck" <steve@shattuck.net> wrote in message
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> "Sam Kerracher" <samkerracher@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > I have an unusual request (it's just for appearence purposes).
>
> > I want to rename my WINDOWS directory to Windows.
>
> > I assume this would cause no problems with programs or the system, as
the
> > name is essentially the same and just the last 7 characters are changed
to
> > lowercase, am I right in saying that?
>
> Egads Batman, all this worrying over changing the case of a folder when
> WINDOWS is not case sensitive like UNIX. WINDOWS = Windows = windows =
> wINDOWS = any other variation.

Yeah, but what about his apps? The OS may not care,
but I have seen some REALLY bad application
programming that may well actually think that
WINDOWS <> Windows (on a byte/bit level, that is actually
true).

There are apps that do NOT write to the registry at all, so
going there to resolve the installed path will not work...

>
> Window protection may stop you from renaming, but the actual name change
> wouldn't.
>
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