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The thread discusses the possibility of making Linux-created folders on Windows 10 case-insensitive. Initially, it is clarified that this cannot be achieved directly across the entire directory tree, but the Windows "fsutil" utility can modify case sensitivity on individual directories. The conversation concludes with a workaround involving PowerShell scripting to recursively change case sensitivity settings in Linux subsystem directories, which is appreciated by the original poster.
oz1cz

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I'm running Windows 10 and I frequently use the Linux subsystem on Windows.

If I use the Linux system to create a folder, the file names in that folder will be case sensitive. This will sometimes confuse Windows programs that access the folder.

Is there a simple way to modify a Linux folder in Windows so that its file names are no longer case sensitive?
 

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Neemobeer
Looks like if you try to set it on normal Windows directories it returns "not supported", but you can try the following for your lxsss directories
Obviously change the $RootPath = to your location

Code: 
$RootPath = "C:\Windows\Temp"

$Directories = Get-ChildItem -Path $RootPath -Directory -Recurse

Foreach($Dir in $Directories)
{
    fsutil.exe file SetCaseSensitiveInfo "$($Dir.FullName)"
}
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oz1cz

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Thank you, Neemobeer.

The Windows "fsutil" utility can change the case sensitivity of file names in a single directory, but it won't recurse through a directory tree. I guess your answer means that recursion is not possible.
 

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They must of added that for lxss sub system. You could couple that with powershell and recursively set it then
 

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Looks like if you try to set it on normal Windows directories it returns "not supported", but you can try the following for your lxsss directories
Obviously change the $RootPath = to your location

Code: 
$RootPath = "C:\Windows\Temp"

$Directories = Get-ChildItem -Path $RootPath -Directory -Recurse

Foreach($Dir in $Directories)
{
    fsutil.exe file SetCaseSensitiveInfo "$($Dir.FullName)"
}
 

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