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After clicking the button to create a text file, and entering your own or the same automatically suggested name there, a text file without the ".txt" extension is created.
FreeCommander XE 2021 Build 858 32-bit public beta

So help God.

Can't confirm, it works good here, 858 public beta and 859 donor.

Perhaps provide more info, detailed steps to reproduce, or try it with default settings.

Why are you using start as admin? It should not be needed for normal use.

That button has different icon, did you change it? If not, what is the button name?

Try to add a new button, filter it in Define action toolbars "New text file", try it with this button.

You can create also a new custom hotkey to create new text file.

Dreamer wrote: 04.12.2021, 17:40 Why are you using start as admin? It should not be needed for normal use.

My system is configured to run absolutely everything on behalf of the administrator.

Dreamer wrote: 04.12.2021, 17:40 That button has different icon, did you change it? If not, what is the button name?

I changed it to a regular text Windows icon, because in the program, the default icon for some reason is the same as the button for creating files. Taking this opportunity, I propose to make them different.

Dreamer wrote: 04.12.2021, 17:40 Try to add a new button, filter it in Define action toolbars "New text file", try it with this button.

A file with no extension is created.

SWatB_com wrote: 04.12.2021, 18:18

Dreamer wrote: 04.12.2021, 17:40 Why are you using start as admin? It should not be needed for normal use.

My system is configured to run absolutely everything on behalf of the administrator.

What a strange idea.
You never heard of viruses or troianer and no glue of Windows security

The problem persists in FreeCommander XE 2022 Build 860 32-bit public.
Experimentally, it was possible to determine that the problem arises if the name contains a dot symbol "."
For instance:
19. Luke's Fighter Speeds Away from Planet

I suspect that, in addition to the dot, there may be a problem with other symbols.
For example, if the comma character "," is present, then the automatically suggested name for the created file takes a split form.
The file looks like this:
11, 17. Battle of Hoth Storyboard Book

And the automatic name creation suggestion offers two options:
11
17. Battle of Hoth Storyboard Book

In addition, if you try to copy such a name to the clipboard, then only "11" will be copied, but "17. Battle of Hoth Storyboard Book" will not be copied.

I see no problems in the current release.
I think you know:
FileName=name.extension

If there is a period in your filename, then everything after the last period will be treated as an extension by Windows.
If you create file with the name "11, 17. Battle of Hoth Storyboard Book" then
name=11, 17
extension= Battle of Hoth Storyboard Book

If you want to create txt file, you must add to the suggested name ".txt".
If your suggested name does not has any dot - the ".txt" will be added automatically.

The extension is in the name, I just did not indicate it here.
The usual Explorer does not have such a problem, it takes into account the last point.
And here, it turns out, the first point is taken into account.