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| Thread ID: 62843 | 2005-10-21 07:06:00 | Renaming files | nzguru (8828) | Press F1 |
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| 398121 | 2005-10-21 07:06:00 | I am using Windows XP Home. I recently went to change the names of some files, by right clicking the file icon and going to rename. I must have also done something else, because I can now no longer see the name of the file under the actual icon. How do I restore the names? | nzguru (8828) | ||
| 398122 | 2005-10-21 07:44:00 | The usual way is to right click icon or file name, click rename in drop down list and the whole file name will be highlighted with the blinking cursor at the end. Type in new file name then click anywhere outside the icon/file name area (ie on the background) to 'save' the new file name. The new file name should then show under the icon. It sounds a bit like you haven't typed in the file name or saved it? HTH |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 398123 | 2005-10-21 08:41:00 | Thanks for replying, Short Circuit. That's the way I normally do it. But this time, I can right click on the file icon, the little box below the icon appears, and I can edit it, but when I then right click outside the icon/file name area to save, the little box with the name in disappears. I'm left wth just the file icon, no name underneath. Hovering the mouse over the file icon, and the file details including the name appears. Open the folder and the name appears in the title bar. This has only happened in one folder containing four subfolders. All the other hundreds of files are perfectly normal. It's only a little thing, but I'm finding it very annoying. | nzguru (8828) | ||
| 398124 | 2005-10-22 00:46:00 | That looks as if you've managed to get a setting for that directory and its subdirectories which is intended for the totally illiterate, who can only work with "pictures". :D When I rename files, I just make the changes, then hit <return>. That might help, by not involving a "right click" to save the new name. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 398125 | 2005-10-22 01:02:00 | Try some experimentation, and see what results in the folder name being displayed: 1. Create a new folder in that directory 2. Copy an existing folder from a different directory to that location 3. Copy one of the "un-named" folders to a different directory 4. Switch between icon view to detailed view This will help with where the problem might lay. You might have a corrupted directory. If moving the folders to a different directory helps, then make a new one and move all your sub-folders into it and delete the old directory. |
Jen (38) | ||
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