Unable to create folder when file without extension with the same name already exists [NO BUG]

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Unable to create folder when file without extension with the same name already exists [NO BUG]

#1 Post by Forez » 25.08.2024, 16:18

I cannot create a folder that is suppose to have the same name as an extensionsless file that already is present in the same path

You can experience this by following these steps:

#1] Navigate to e.g.

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C:\

#2] Create a file named

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test
of whatever format


#3] Remove extension from this file


#4] Attempt to create folder named

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test


What you should get is a pop-up message saying
C:\test
Cannot create a file when that file already exists

This is happening to me both in Build 912 64-bit Donor Portable and Build 901 32-bit Public Installed on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64 [10.0.19042]
Last edited by Forez on 18.03.2026, 22:44, edited 2 times in total.

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Re: Unable to create folder when file without extension with the same name already exists

#2 Post by Dreamer » 25.08.2024, 17:07

I think it's not a FC bug, same result in Windows Explorer and all other file managers.

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Re: Unable to create folder when file without extension with the same name already exists

#3 Post by Forez » 18.03.2026, 22:44

I think that you are correct

Because this is still happening to me in Build 946 64-bit Donor Portable on Windows 10 IOT Enterprise LTSC 21H2 x64 (19044.6691) and also when using other file managers - plus I remember having researched this issue also a couple of weeks before when writing some unrelated script - i.e. Windows will not allow user to have a folder and file named in the same way, be it e.g.

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test.txt
or

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test
and located in the same parent folder


Ergo: no bug

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