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Bug 157322

Summary:	File rename does not allow the extension to be changed
Product:	platform	Reporter:	darbie <darbie>
Component:	Data Systems	Assignee:	Jiri Skrivanek <jskrivanek>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description darbie 2009-01-22 17:12:39 UTC

When right click on a file and select rename I am not allowed to change the extension.  For example if the file name 
were FileName.hpp and I want to change it to FileName.h I cannot.  This is too restrictive.  Why not have the rename 
functionality allow a total rename?

Comment 1 Peter Pis 2009-01-22 20:13:55 UTC

Reassigning to platform.

Comment 2 Jiri Skrivanek 2009-01-23 08:48:02 UTC

Yes, it is a valid request. It is not as easy to implement as it seems. But we will do our best to implement it as soon
as possible.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 27444 ***