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Old 04-20-2024, 09:50 AM   #2618
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
It;s a feature that needs to go. Make sorting by case an option. But don't make the filesystem case specific.
Windows NT (1993 to Windows 11 now I think) was always optionally case sensitive for file names (NTFS).
CP/M, ISIS II, DOS (and thus win 1.x to win 3.x, Win9x & ME, probably Win 4.x (chinese Win 3.x) ) couldn't be. Long file names on FAT (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT) is a fudge.

A file system should be case sensitive (at least optionally), but sorting and searching should optionally ignore it. Display of directories/folders before or after files has nothing inherently to do with case.

MS & IBM massively messed up in 1980/1981. A massive leap backwards and in 1995 Win9x should have only been a replacement for the failed MSX console. No security at all on Win9x and not proper support of Win32 API (like can't create named pipes).
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