When an item starts with a "." it usually is followed by a file type. Now, if
you want to create a folder calles "config" you can, then you have a config
folder. But you can not name anything ".config" because it would make it a
config file, not just a folder named config. .config, if I remember right is
a configuration setting.
Windows thinkd you are playing with the structure of windows, and doesn't
like it.
Here's a bug. I have noticed in an Explorer Window, that when you select a
folder with a period in the name, that the new Explorer Bar (just below the
old Menu Bar, if you have it showing) shows the Explore icon incorrectly.
E.g., the Config.Msi folder shows the Windows Installer icon, the
$RECYCLE.BIN folder shows the generic icon, as does Windows.old, a folder
named xyz.txt shows a Notepad icon, etc. Otherwise, a folder selected
without a period in the name always has the same Explore icon.
When an item starts with a "." it usually is followed by a file type.
Now, if you want to create a folder calles "config" you can, then you
have a config folder. But you can not name anything ".config" because it
would make it a config file, not just a folder named config. .config, if
I remember right is a configuration setting.
Windows thinkd you are playing with the structure of windows, and doesn't
like it.
It is perfectly legit to have a folder with a dot (.) in the name. Explorer
will even allow you to do it, just not if the name starts with a dot. But
you can create folders where the name starts with a dot at the command
prompt.
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