I have a folder in Thunderbird which is local to my computer. I have misspelled the folder as TomTOm.
I like to rename this folder as TomTom using the rename function in Thunderbird.
The program will not allow me to do this telling me that I have already have a folder with that name. But I don't.
Surely the ASCII for 'O' and 'o' are different.
Anyone knows of a workaround.
Thanks.
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Change it to something different, such as TomTom1, then change it back to the desired format. Yes indeed, o and O have distinct ascii codes, but Windows chooses to ignore such differences in pathnames. Fundamentally, when you create a folder in Thunderbird, you are creating a file in your file system, and its naming is subject to all the constraints the OS places on pathnames. Slashes and asterisks are very much to be avoided.
It's also possible (but less likely) , with an IMAP-connected account, that further restrictions on pathnames may be applied at the server.
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Change it to something different, such as TomTom1, then change it back to the desired format. Yes indeed, o and O have distinct ascii codes, but Windows chooses to ignore such differences in pathnames. Fundamentally, when you create a folder in Thunderbird, you are creating a file in your file system, and its naming is subject to all the constraints the OS places on pathnames. Slashes and asterisks are very much to be avoided.
It's also possible (but less likely) , with an IMAP-connected account, that further restrictions on pathnames may be applied at the server.
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