Microsoft KB Archive/184862

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FP1: FP Explorer Can't See File if First Character is a Period

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Q184862

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

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SYMPTOMS
If you use the Finder and rename a file in a FrontPage Web so that the file name starts with a period ("."), the file will not appear in FrontPage Explorer.

CAUSE
FrontPage Explorer does not recognize the period character as a valid first character of a file name.

RESOLUTION
Rename the file so that it starts with a character other than a period.


 * 1) Open the folder that contains your Web.
 * 2) Select the file that you want to rename.
 * 3) Rest the pointer over the file name until it changes to an I-beam pointer.
 * 4) Click at the beginning of the file name and delete the period character. Press RETURN to change the file name.
 * 5) Start or switch to FrontPage Explorer and open your Web. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
 * 6) If you are prompted to confirm the hyperlink recalculation, click Yes.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : fpexp

Issue type : kbprb

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