How To Create .htaccess File in Windows

Written by Pavan Kumar on January 16, 2009

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Well, there are few windows tricks dealt here. You know how to make completely hidden folder or rename multiple files. This one is little geeky and not related with everyone who use windows. This would be useful for those who run a web server software or install wordpress on PC. The normal way we create a htaccess file is that we make a name.htaccess file, upload it to server and rename it there with our ftp softwares. Here is how you can do it on windows.

Try to create it the normal way you do for any other file on explorer. Yeah, I mean the right click > create > rename method. It wont work and you will be popped up with a warning "You must type a file name". Now, you can’t make it name.htaccess and rename it :( .

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In this case, open notepad. File > Save As.

In the file name type .htaccess, and in type make it to All Files. Click Save. You are done! That’s it :)

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7 Readers responded to this post

Exactly what I needed! Thanks so much!

By NABWD on January 29th, 2010 at 12:52 am    

Thanks, that helped! The trick worked.

By Thankful Person on February 4th, 2010 at 1:00 pm    

Thanks for this tip – it helped me today!

By Peter Kent on October 18th, 2010 at 7:48 am    

Good trick!! Cheers.

By Naishadh on December 2nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm    

Thanks It works fine

By Abdul on December 5th, 2010 at 11:15 am    

Thanks for this post I was getting really frustrated trying to rename a file before I came accross this Thanks for the help

By ian on March 4th, 2011 at 6:21 pm    

you are awesome
really great help there thank you very much

By nazzal on June 26th, 2011 at 2:56 am    
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