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by stromn

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I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I really don't know the answer. When I name a new folder in NT 4.0, it always saves the name with the first letter capitalized and the remainder as lowercase. How do I keep a folder name in uppercase?

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by davis226

Double click My computer and then go to the Tools Menu, and click folder options. One of the top options is "Allow All Uppercase Names"

by davis226

OOps -- Had 2000 on the brain. Its My Computer, View, and then Folder Options. From there, click the view tab and it should be one of the first options.

by stromn

I did check under My Computer, View, Options - but there is no option for Uppercase. It only list Folder Browsing options.

by kwwhitmire

Davidd is right...go to My Computer" the "View", "Folder Options" then click on the "View" tab look under the "Advanced settings" the first option under "Files and Folders" is "Allow all uppercase names."

by stromn

What operating system are you using? I have NT 4.0 and there is no Advanced Settings tab or Files and Folders under View or anyplace in My Computer, View, Options. On my machine I click My Computer, View, Options. That brings up a screen with 3 tabs - Folder, View, and File Types. None of these tabs have Advanced settings. The Folder tab only has Browse options.

by tamj123

I think you need edit registry to make work
try this:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState

Double click the Settings value in the right hand pane and set the high-order bit of the 5th byte to 1.NOTE: In the Binary Editor, if you click the Binary Data Format, this bit is directly under the heading 4.

NOTE: You must logoff/Logon for this change to take effect.

by tschmuki

See MS Knowledge Base Article "Cannot Create Folder or 8.3 Filename in All Upper Case [Q130598]"

by stromn

This worked, but I had to install the correct version of Internet Explorer first. Thank you.

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