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The original poster is asking if Windows 7 can be configured to automatically hide files and folders starting with a period, similar to Linux. The response suggests that Windows only allows manual hiding of such files or folders, implying there is no built-in feature for automatic handling of these files. Overall, the discussion highlights a limitation in Windows regarding the handling of files starting with ".", with a practical workaround mentioned.
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Hello I was wondering if there are any possible things I could do to get windows 7 to hide files and folders that start with the character "." (you know like Linux).

I find many windows programs create files that are not hidden but start with ".", and while tecnically this is a problem with the program, almost all of them do this so it would be very nice if windows handled this correctly.

 

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Yahel

Yahel

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programs starting with "." ? You can hide them only manually (or hide the folder)
 

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