Create a Folder Which Has a Name That Starts With a Dot(.)

In this blog, you will learn how to create a folder with a name that starts with a dot.

You can't create a folder with a name that starts with a dot (.), in the Windows system. For that, follow the given procedure.

Here, I have opened Santech folder inside E directory.



I am trying to create a folder with a name starting with dot (.) but I can’t create it and I am getting an error also. See below.



But, I can do this using command prompt .

Press-> window + R and click OK.

Open command prompt and make a folder with a name that starts with dot (.)



My command prompt is open here.



In the below image, I am creating a folder named .Math.



Finally, you can see that I have successfully created .Math folder here.