How do I manually create a file with a . (dot) prefix in Windows? For example, .htaccess

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Doug Chamberlain picture Doug Chamberlain · Feb 15, 2011 · Viewed 185.8k times · Source

I want to create a .htaccess file manually and discovered it seems impossible through the Windows UI. I get a "you must type a filename." message. There has to be a way to create files with . as a prefix in Windows.

Can this be done manually?

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Answer

foens picture foens · Feb 15, 2011

If you start Notepad and then File -> Save As -> Write .htaccess and choose "All Files" as the type - then it will create the .htaccess file for you.

Notepad save as .htaccess

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