I found a bug (Files naming) in Windows

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Jassim Marhoon

Hi all ...

I found a bug in windows Explorer, when you want to
create a file or directory .

Here are the steps to see the bug :

1) Create a file in c:\ with the name "test1" , without
any extension
2) create a folder in same place with the name "test1".

you will see an error message "A file with same name you
spicified already exists. specify a different file name"

If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
files, why they are conflicted ?

I want to send this bug to microsoft, but I don't know
how so I post it here.

and I hope it will reach microsoft support.
 
Do you really know, what you are talking about ?
In every OS things are handled as files: normal files, printers, serial and
RS232 interfaces, keyboard, monitor (IO Channels), memory AND
directories (which are normal files with file-length zero and the directory
file-systems flag set).
 
I agree its a bug but MS has many bigger fish to fry.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:23:16 -0700, "Jassim Marhoon"

|Hi all ...
|
|I found a bug in windows Explorer, when you want to
|create a file or directory .
|
|Here are the steps to see the bug :
|
|1) Create a file in c:\ with the name "test1" , without
|any extension
|2) create a folder in same place with the name "test1".
|
|you will see an error message "A file with same name you
|spicified already exists. specify a different file name"
|
|If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
|files, why they are conflicted ?
|
|I want to send this bug to microsoft, but I don't know
|how so I post it here.
|
|and I hope it will reach microsoft support.


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes :)
 
|If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
|files, why they are conflicted ?
|
Click to expand...

That is not a bug. A folder is a file with special attributes. The content
of that file is a directory listing, or in other words a list of links to
other files.

Heber
 
A folder is a file, just with different attributes. Just like a read-only
file is still a file, just with different attributes. All you did was make a
file with no extension, which is actually a folder, but you left out the
folder action attributes. Two folders can't have the same name.
 
#2, #13, #20 @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm ring a
bell?

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 17:27:38 +0200, "Ralf Baumhoefer"

|You're simply incompetent.
|
||> I agree its a bug but MS has many bigger fish to fry.
|>
|> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:23:16 -0700, "Jassim Marhoon"
|>
|> |Hi all ...
|> |
|> |I found a bug in windows Explorer, when you want to
|> |create a file or directory .
|> |
|> |Here are the steps to see the bug :
|> |
|> |1) Create a file in c:\ with the name "test1" , without
|> |any extension
|> |2) create a folder in same place with the name "test1".
|> |
|> |you will see an error message "A file with same name you
|> |spicified already exists. specify a different file name"
|> |
|> |If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
|> |files, why they are conflicted ?
|> |
|> |I want to send this bug to microsoft, but I don't know
|> |how so I post it here.
|> |
|> |and I hope it will reach microsoft support.
|>
|>
|> Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
|> the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
|> may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes :)
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes :)
 
|> |If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
|> |files, why they are conflicted ?

Or we can think of it as folders are just a special type of file, thus no
duplication should be allowed.
Val
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|>
|> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:23:16 -0700, "Jassim Marhoon"
|>
|> |Hi all ...
|> |
|> |I found a bug in windows Explorer, when you want to
|> |create a file or directory .
|> |
|> |Here are the steps to see the bug :
|> |
|> |1) Create a file in c:\ with the name "test1" , without
|> |any extension
|> |2) create a folder in same place with the name "test1".
|> |
|> |you will see an error message "A file with same name you
|> |spicified already exists. specify a different file name"
|> |
|> |If we think about it in logic, folders are different form
|> |files, why they are conflicted ?
|> |
|> |I want to send this bug to microsoft, but I don't know
|> |how so I post it here.
|> |
|> |and I hope it will reach microsoft support.
|>
 
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