# Disable Windows Kernel case-insensitivity

You can disable Windows kernel case-insensitivity by clearing the following registry key to 0:

**HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\kernel**

**DWORD “obcaseinsensitive” (Figure 1)**

**Figure 1**

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