Files starting with . (Win 7 64 bit)

[Dolby]

So I downloaded a few episodes of something listed as season1.e1.battle of the sex.avi or something (can't remember exactly) and I thought I'd rename and clicked rename.

I deleted until .e1.battle of the sex.avi and pressed enter .... the file disappeared :/ I tried with the second episode and same thing ... gone.

Seems if it starts with a . .... it vanishes. Any idea?

 

[Aquadyne]

So I downloaded a few episodes of something listed as season1.e1.battle of the sex.avi or something (can't remember exactly) and I thought I'd rename and clicked rename.

I deleted until .e1.battle of the sex.avi and pressed enter .... the file disappeared :/ I tried with the second episode and same thing ... gone.

Seems if it starts with a . .... it vanishes. Any idea?

Go to your folder settings and set it to view hidden files & folders.
If a file starts with a ".", it is considered a hidden file.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

So I downloaded a few episodes of something listed as season1.e1.battle of the sex.avi or something (can't remember exactly) and I thought I'd rename and clicked rename.

I deleted until .e1.battle of the sex.avi and pressed enter .... the file disappeared :/ I tried with the second episode and same thing ... gone.

Seems if it starts with a . .... it vanishes. Any idea?

Best is to goto the command prompt, change to the directory that you are looking for ( cd [directory name], and then list the directory contents (dir). If the file is hidden, try and see if you can check using the attribute (attrib)

A "." is a link to the current directory, so unlikely to be able to save a file as that

 

[CataclysmZA]

You must be hiding the files somehow. Windows has never allowed a file to exist without a proper file name. "." isn't valid and an error pops up for me saying that I need to change it to something else.

Here's something that sounds similar to your issue, though. But it only goes into the error. Never seen files become hidden from changing their name.

Also, AFAIK, the .[filename] thing is common in Linux, but Windows accepts files beginning with a period in their filename.

 

[Dolby]

Thanks for the replies - showing hidden files worked