{"id":17509,"date":"2021-12-28T07:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17509"},"modified":"2021-12-28T07:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:29:48","slug":"create-a-folder-starting-with-dot-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/create-a-folder-starting-with-dot-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Folder Starting with a Dot(.) in Windows 11 \/ 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you try to create a folder\/file on Windows 7 that starts with a dot, like .htaccess<\/code>, you may get the error message “You have to enter a filename<\/em>“. To resolve this issue, you need to do it with Command Prompt. Since Windows 11, File Explorer allows to create and rename a folder whose name starts with a dot. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to create a folder starting with a dot(.) in Windows 11 \/ 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n

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Part 1: Create a Folder Starting with Dot Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before getting started, open Command Prompt<\/a> in the directory where you want to create a folder. You can then use the mkdir<\/strong> command to create a folder starting with a dot. For example, I can create a folder named .pcunlocker<\/code> by executing this command:
\nmkdir .pcunlocker<\/code><\/p>\n

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or create an empty file named .tutorial.txt<\/code> by running this command:
\necho.>.tutorial.txt<\/code><\/p>\n

This method works with all versions of Windows, including Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n

Part 2: Create a Folder Starting with Dot Using File Explorer<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re using Windows 11, you can create a folder starting with dot without using Command Prompt. Just open File Explorer and browse to your target location, right-click the blank area and select New<\/strong> -> Folder<\/strong>, and then type in a new name that starts with a dot.<\/p>\n

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File Explorer also lets you rename any existing folder by adding a dot in the front of its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you try to create a folder\/file on Windows 7 that starts with a dot, like .htaccess, you may get the error message “You have to enter a filename“. To resolve this issue, you need to do it with Command Prompt. Since Windows 11, File Explorer allows to create and rename a folder whose name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,4713,3,39],"tags":[4767,4768,4766],"class_list":["post-17509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-create-a-folder-starting-with-dot-windows-10","tag-create-a-folder-starting-with-dot-windows-11","tag-create-folder-with-dot-in-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17509"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17523,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions\/17523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}