Windows 10: How to set case sensitive info in a folder that is nonempty using fsutil?

I want a direct solution to bypass the command's restriction on the folder must being empty. I think this restriction is unreasonable. Some programs for example, mpicc and mpiCC; and matlab that I'm currently using are naturally case sensitive. And you always find a folder need to be casesensitive after it is populated with files. I would appreciate a solution: something internal enough to bypass the restriction.

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Explorer in Windows 10 is not case sensitive, but in Windows 7 it is

After further testing...

When doing a case-change-only rename on...

NTFS with Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 and...

• The folder view is set to Details or Content, it just works.
  
• The folder view is set to List, Icons, or Tiles you must press F5 to refresh the display.
  

FAT, FAT32, or ExFAT with...

• Windows 7 or 8, it just works.
  
• Windows 10 or 11, you must do a two-step rename (e.g. add a character on first rename, change case and remove the added character on second rename).
  

 

Explorer in Windows 10 is not case sensitive, but in Windows 7 it is

Both the drive format and the folder view setting affect the behavior.

On Windows 10 and 11, when doing a case-change-only rename and...

• The drive is NTFS and the folder view is set to Details or Content then there is no issue.
  
• The drive is NTFS and the folder view is set to List, Icons, or Tiles you must press F5 to refresh the display.
  
• The drive is FAT, FAT32, or ExFAT you must do a two-step rename (add a character on first rename, change case and remove the added character on second rename).
  

I'm going to build out a proper Windows 7 machine and come back with test results.

 

Does FSUTIL not support international character sets?

When I use the FSUTIL utility to list hardlinked files the utility doesn't return the original characters, it seems to convert them into a pseudo-European character set. Like for example, if I'm trying to list a file with Chinese, or Korean letters in it, it converts them into something else.

This is the command I would use:

fsutil hardlink list "c:\dir1\dir2\filename_<with Korean or Chinese or other characters>.txt"

The output would be something like this:

c:\dir1\dir2\filename_???? ?????? ???.txt

c:\dir1\dir3\filename_???? ?????? ???.txt

c:\dir4\dir5\filename_???? ?????? ???.txt

Is there a way to fix this?