<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Saving a file with the same name as a folder]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">There is an interesting quirk in the “save as” dialog in v7.5.5.</p>
<p dir="auto">Here’s an example. Let’s say I have a folder on my desktop named “ThisProjectHasManyLettersInItsName” and I try to save a text file to my desktop named “ThisProjectHasManyLettersInItsName.txt” but I use the feature in the save as dialog that automatically adds the “.txt” to the end of the name.</p>
<p dir="auto">What happens is, even though it’s going to add the “.txt” to the end before it saves it, Notepad++ warns me that there is another file with that name and asks me if I want to overwrite it. If I say yes, I want to overwrite the file, it navigates into the directory. So NP++ is confused about whether that thing with the same name is a file or a folder.</p>
<p dir="auto">Normally, in a “save as” dialog, it would only warn me if the other thing with the same name was a file and not a folder and if the other thing with the same name, without the extension, was a folder it would navigate into the folder without a warning. Previous versions of NP++ behaved “normally.” Thanks.</p>
<p dir="auto">At your service,</p>
<p dir="auto">Bill</p>
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