title: Can't set up the path to a DLL on a server because not allowed to create folder called .NETFramework
body: <p>I developed a program on a 64-bit machine using .NET 4. It references the DLLs shown in the picture below. I am trying to deploy the program to a 32-bit server. Because the server is 32-bit, we need to create the directory structure leading to the DLL (I can't change this structure, the same program is deployed on 64-bit machines so the path needs to stay consistent). But when I try to create a folder "...\Microsoft\Framework \ .NETFramework" Windows Server says that "You must type a file name." It won't allow me to create a folder with a period at the start. How can I make a path like this? How can I start a folder name with a period? The SA recently installed .NET 4 on this server, but this path was not created. </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PXcMN.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p><strong>update</strong> Maybe something went wrong with the install? When I go to look into the GAC (C\Windows\Assembly) I don't see the .net 4 DLLs in there. If I get the .NET 4 DLLs in there correctly then everything should "just work," correct? </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ccsZz.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>