{"id":9274,"date":"2019-05-13T11:46:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T06:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=9274"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:25:38","slug":"folder-names-truncated-after-dot-period-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/folder-names-truncated-after-dot-period-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Folder Names Truncated after the Dot (Period) in Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If folder names containing one or more dot (.) in the name are truncated in Explorer, this may have to do with third-party shell extensions or corrupted folder view settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9275 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/folder-names-truncated-period.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example, if you have folders like the ones below, with one or more dots or periods ( <code>.<\/code> ) in the folder name, as below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project.5.0_Branch<\/li>\n<li>Project.5.1_Branch<\/li>\n<li>Project.5.2_Branch<\/li>\n<li>Project.5.3_Branch<\/li>\n<li>Project.5.4_Branch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>File Explorer may display it as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Product.5<\/li>\n<li>Product.5<\/li>\n<li>Product.5<\/li>\n<li>Product.5<\/li>\n<li>Product.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last dot and the character(s) after the last dot are cut off. Note that this happens regardless of your <strong>Hide extension for known file types<\/strong> choice in Folder Options \u2192 View tab.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In all the cases we&#8217;ve seen this happened after installing TortoiseSVN. It&#8217;s implemented as a Windows shell extension, that helps programmers manage different versions of the source code for their programs.<\/p>\n<h2>Fix: Folder Names Truncated after the Dot (Period) in Explorer<\/h2>\n<p>To resolve the problem, use one of the following methods:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Run Microsoft File and Folder diagnostics<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-in\/help\/17590\/automatically-diagnose-and-repair-windows-file-and-folder-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">folder diagnostics<\/a> troubleshooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-folder-views-bags-windows\/\">resets the folder view<\/a> settings, repairs the Recycle Bin, fixes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-rename-move-folders-windows-10\/\">FolderDescriptions<\/a> registry keys, etc., automatically.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9276 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/folder-names-truncated-period-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This tool should fix the problem for most users.<\/p>\n<h3>2: Reset folder views manually or using a Script<\/h3>\n<p>Resetting the folder views ought to fix the problem. If the above tool can&#8217;t reset it for some reason, use the script or manual procedure described in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-folder-views-bags-windows\/\">Reset Folder Views in Windows 10 and Earlier<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>3. Disable 3rd party shell extensions to test<\/h3>\n<p>Explorer.exe process loads shell extensions during user login. Buggy shell extensions can cause various problems such as corrupting folder views, error message when right-clicking on a file or folder, or slow response of File Explorer, etc.<\/p>\n<p>See section <strong>Disable 3rd party extensions<\/strong> in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/clean-boot-windows-autoruns\/#step3\">How to Clean boot Windows using Autoruns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/cleanboot\/cleanboot4.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If folder names containing one or more dot (.) in the name are truncated in Explorer, this may have to do with third-party shell extensions or corrupted folder view settings. For example, if you have folders like the ones below, with one or more dots or periods ( . ) in the folder name, as &#8230; <a title=\"Folder Names Truncated after the Dot (Period) in Explorer\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/folder-names-truncated-after-dot-period-explorer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Folder Names Truncated after the Dot (Period) in Explorer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-9274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-autoruns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8402,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/could-not-find-this-item-when-deleting-file-folder-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":9274,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] &#8220;Could not find this item&#8221; When Deleting a File or Folder in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When you attempt to delete a file or folder on your Windows computer, the \"Item not found\" error may appear. 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