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Does anyone know how to save a file with a name like '.apirc' from a web browser such as Firefox or Chrome in Windows?

The only way I can see to do it is to save the file with the wrong name from the web browser and then use on of the renaming techniques described in Create/rename a file/folder that begins with a dot in Windows?

However, I'd like to find a one-step way to do it, for our users.

If you know a code solution I have posted a separate version of this question on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54814114/using-the-html-download-attribute-to-download-a-data-url-as-a-file-beginning-wit

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When you have the Save File dialog open, make sure you have the Type set to All Files (*.*). When you do this, the filename will end up exactly as you type it, with nothing added. This works on pretty much any Windows Save dialog in most programs that look like this.

Screenshot of save dialog

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  • Thanks for the suggestion and I should have said that I always set to 'All files' and I've also tried putting speech marks around the name. The issue I'm having is that the browser won't let me save a file starting with a dot. Does your browser allow you to 'save as' a file beginning with a dot (if so, what browser and version do you ahve)?
    – kiden
    Commented Oct 25, 2019 at 10:52
  • sorry - when I say "won't let me" ... it does let me, but it loses the starting dot.
    – kiden
    Commented Oct 25, 2019 at 11:21
  • Actually, Firefox version 70 does let me do this.
    – BoffinBrain
    Commented Oct 25, 2019 at 22:13
  • Thanks for checking, although I need this for our users and I can't guarantee what browser they'll be using.
    – kiden
    Commented Nov 1, 2019 at 15:35
  • It also works on Chrome. If you can't guarantee what browser they're using, then you may want to teach them how to do renaming in Explorer with extensions visible.
    – BoffinBrain
    Commented Nov 2, 2019 at 1:12

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