So I was trying to rename a file in Windows Explorer. It was long filename. I would start changing the name, and then suddenly the file entry would seem to disappear. Look around in the <heh heh> "folder" and there is the original file. WTAF?

I finally opened a Git Bash windows and renamed the file there ("mv" command).

Goo-gooed afterward and found something related:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/788003/win-11-explorer-strange-behavior-when-renaming-or

"As you're making your changes to the filename every 10 seconds it'll throw
away your current changes and go back to the original name while staying in
edit-name mode. You really have to get the changes done within 10 seconds or
you have to start again. I find myself having to rename things in 10 second
chunks."

It seems like the issue might have been that I copied the file from OneDrive to my local drive.

As an aside, on Fluxbox I use Xfce's Thunar file manager whenever I need to drag-n-drop a file.

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On 2/6/24 09:56, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

So I was trying to rename a file in Windows Explorer. It was long filename. I would start changing the name, and then suddenly the file entry would seem to disappear. Look around in the <heh heh> "folder" and there is the original file. WTAF?

I finally opened a Git Bash windows and renamed the file there ("mv" command).

Goo-gooed afterward and found something related:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/788003/win-11-explorer-strange-behavior-when-renaming-or

"As you're making your changes to the filename every 10 seconds it'll throw
away your current changes and go back to the original name while staying in
edit-name mode. You really have to get the changes done within 10 seconds or
you have to start again. I find myself having to rename things in 10 second
chunks."

It seems like the issue might have been that I copied the file from OneDrive to
my local drive.

As an aside, on Fluxbox I use Xfce's Thunar file manager whenever I need to drag-n-drop a file.

Wait what? That is incredibly silly and pointless. Something like having
it time out after 10s of no input would be infinitely better and MAKE SENSE.
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Joel wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

So I was trying to rename a file in Windows Explorer. It was long filename. I >>would start changing the name, and then suddenly the file entry would seem to >>disappear. Look around in the <heh heh> "folder" and there is the original >>file. WTAF?

I finally opened a Git Bash windows and renamed the file there ("mv" command).

Goo-gooed afterward and found something related:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/788003/win-11-explorer-strange-behavior-when-renaming-or

"As you're making your changes to the filename every 10 seconds it'll throw
away your current changes and go back to the original name while staying in
edit-name mode. You really have to get the changes done within 10 seconds or
you have to start again. I find myself having to rename things in 10 second
chunks."

It seems like the issue might have been that I copied the file from OneDrive to
my local drive.

Also, if select a file in the folder, and just sit there, after I dunno a half-minute Windows Explorer refreshes and moves to the top of the folder. Weird.

As an aside, on Fluxbox I use Xfce's Thunar file manager whenever I need to >>drag-n-drop a file.

There may be a practical WinGUI solution, opening the file properties
and changing the filename within that dialog box.

Nah, I use Git Bash's "find" a lot. Even works on OneDrive. And the built-in Vim can open a PPTX file, and also open all the XML files inside it.

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On 2/6/24 09:56, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

So I was trying to rename a file in Windows Explorer. It was long filename. I
would start changing the name, and then suddenly the file entry would seem to
disappear. Look around in the <heh heh> "folder" and there is the original >> file. WTAF?

I finally opened a Git Bash windows and renamed the file there ("mv" command).

Goo-gooed afterward and found something related:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/788003/win-11-explorer-strange-behavior-when-renaming-or

"As you're making your changes to the filename every 10 seconds it'll throw
away your current changes and go back to the original name while staying in
edit-name mode. You really have to get the changes done within 10 seconds or
you have to start again. I find myself having to rename things in 10 second
chunks."

It seems like the issue might have been that I copied the file from OneDrive to
my local drive.

As an aside, on Fluxbox I use Xfce's Thunar file manager whenever I need to >> drag-n-drop a file.

Wait what? That is incredibly silly and pointless. Something like having
it time out after 10s of no input would be infinitely better and MAKE SENSE.

I think it is actually a refresh causing it. But yeah, dumb.

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