Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

[Jeff Flowerday]

Artists .38 Special caused a new folder structure to be created with out the leading period.

[igy137]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

I also noticed this bug, all my music is under x:\.music folder, when converting to original location, the exact same directory structure is created, but without the period in the source path.

[Spoon]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

A folder cannot be named as '.38 Special' try creating one yourself in Windows Explorer, it will not allow it (it is possible to create such, but might break various parts of other programs;

[Jeff Flowerday]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

A folder cannot be named as '.38 Special' try creating one yourself in Windows Explorer, it will not allow it (it is possible to create such, but might break various parts of other programs;

I created one in windows explorer just fine. Vista x64.

[Spoon]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

Try typing '.abc'

[Jeff Flowerday]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

Try typing '.abc'

Yah that didn't work.

I'll just name the artist folder to 38 special. Problem solved.

[Teknojnky]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

windows normally silently drops attempts of putting a period at the begin or end of folder name.

mediamonkey will in fact create a .38 Special folder with the leading period, but you can't in most programs.

trailing periods are always dropped tho, ie r.e.m., run-d.m.c., n.w.a.

[igy137]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

In fact, filenames starting with a dot are fully correct and valid in any modern file system and I see no reason not to support it. This is simply an irritating bug which did not exist in earlier versions (<10). :thumbdown

[Spoon]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

If Windows Explorer will not allow the creation of .123 then there is something that Microsoft are actively doing to detect and stop it.

[igy137]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

Ohh, no...
Even those stupid command-line utils, like built-in mkdir supports this!
You can create this in any file-open dialog by clicking the create folder icon (go to Microsoft Word, click on open or save doc, and try it!).
You can create this with total commander, far manager, and countless other tool.
This IS supported. I really do not see, why this is so painful to fix....

[Spoon]

Re: Bug: Conversion choosing original folder as destination

You can create this in any file-open dialog by clicking the create folder icon (go to Microsoft Word, click on open or save doc, and try it!).

Not in Vista with the latest Word 2008, it is not possible to create .123

mkdir does support it though.