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Asked: 2026-06-15T00:10:26+00:00

I have upgraded my computer from Windows XP to Windows 8 and opted to

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I have upgraded my computer from Windows XP to Windows 8 and opted to keep all my files and settings. After the upgrade I installed TortoiseSVN version 1.710, which was the version that I also used while still on XP. But now it no longer seems to recognize the SVN folders. On my folders I have no overlay icons, and when I right-click I only get the ‘checkout’ option as if the folder was empty or does not contain any version control.
When I select ‘Show hidden files’ in explorer I can see that the _svn folder is definitely there. I do notice it is marked ‘read only’ but removing that does not solve the issue.
Does anyone has an idea as to why Tortoise does not detect the _svn folder ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The answer is in the question. From version 1.6 Tortoise no longer recognizes the _svn folder but uses .svn folders instead. On my Windows XP machine I probably once opted to install the ‘hack’ that allowed for using the _svn folders and it stayed that way even when I upgraded to 1.7.
    Since the upgrade to Windows 8 kept the files but required a fresh install of all software, the option to use _svn folders was lost.
    So I had to find a solution to rename all my _svn folders to .svn. Fortunately windows 8 comes with Powershell 3.0 which makes this easy.
    Just open the Powershell window, change your directory to the ‘Documents’ folder and type:

    Get-ChildItem _svn -recurse -force | foreach {rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("_",".")}

    This will rename all _svn folders, and all is solved.

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