Re: How do I rename WINDOWS directory to Windows

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 11:20:57 +0100

V Green wrote:

>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).

Those apps though will only access the fundamental directory entry,
which is in Upper case anyway, the lower case 'Long file name' would be
produced by adding additional entries to it. So anything seeking
WINDOWS would still find it. Done this way round; Upper to lower, I
think it would work. But if I were to try (which I can't as this
system is mixed case already), I would make very sure I had a secure
drive image to restore if it failed. 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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