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Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Wolf314159@startrek.website 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's super weird. I once named a file with mixed case, but one of the letters was the wrong case. Renaming the file didn't work at first. Renaming a file named PAscalCase.txt to PascalCase.txt resulted in no change to the filename. Windows continued to show it as PAscalCase.txt. I had to rename it to something totally different with different characters entirely, then rename it again to get it right.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Renaming it in Explorer does actually rename the file if all you change is the case (in current Windows, at least, see the pedantry below), but whatever mechanism Explorer uses to determine "has this file's name changed" is apparently case insensitive. So it won't refresh the file list. I imagine this is yet another one of those damn fool Windows 95 holdovers, or something.

You don't have to do any multiple-renaming jiggery pokery. Just press F5 to refresh that Explorer window and magically then it'll show you that the file's name was indeed changed all along.