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Quote:Original post by tstrimpQuote:Original post by John_23Quote:Original post by tstrimp
Ver nice. You can just rename it though.
Well this is the thing, a program has to be used to rename it because otherwise it cannot be done- Windows automaticly hides these extensions, even if the section is unchecked in folder options.
Thats how it shows up in my explorer window. I can rename it just like any other folder.
Hm. Bit confused about that one [smile] This happen to anyone else?
Quote:Original post by John_23Same happens to me. I bet the reason it's hidden in some cases is a setting in the relevant desktop.ini, which can completely change the displayed name of a file (though IIRC only to a string in the resource section of any exe/dll). That is how I hid games at school - name A zip "a.lnk" and then set up the desktop.ini file to make explorer instead show "Explorer" with the 'e' icon that launches explorer when you double click. Then use add/remove programs to remove the default explorer shortcut on the desktop and replace it with the phony one, and nobody is the wiser =-)
[...]Hm. Bit confused about that one [smile] This happen to anyone else?
Maybe I'm crossing a nerd threshold with this, but in high school we had to hide Starcraft at the end of the class period, or the teacher (who wasn't ballsy enough to tell us to stop playing it) would delete it. We went into DOS and created a folder by giving it a name and appending the ascii alt-200 ╚. This made it invisible to EVERYTHING. Windows couldn't find it, dir couldn't find it, the only way to see it is if you cd in DOS with the name you gave it and the ╚. copy *.* C:\Starcraft and go! Dunno if that works on XP though...
Quote:Original post by fisheyel83l
Maybe I'm crossing a nerd threshold with this, but in high school we had to hide Starcraft at the end of the class period, or the teacher (who wasn't ballsy enough to tell us to stop playing it) would delete it. We went into DOS and created a folder by giving it a name and appending the ascii alt-200 ╚. This made it invisible to EVERYTHING. Windows couldn't find it, dir couldn't find it, the only way to see it is if you cd in DOS with the name you gave it and the ╚. copy *.* C:\Starcraft and go! Dunno if that works on XP though...
they used to do that at my school, we called them alt folders!
It worked on all of the dos based windows, I personally used it on 3.1, 95 and 98, however the admins could access it fine from the servers, the NT based windows can see it just fine, (xp included!)
Quote:Original post by John_23Quote:Original post by tstrimpQuote:Original post by John_23Quote:Original post by tstrimp
Ver nice. You can just rename it though.
Well this is the thing, a program has to be used to rename it because otherwise it cannot be done- Windows automaticly hides these extensions, even if the section is unchecked in folder options.
Thats how it shows up in my explorer window. I can rename it just like any other folder.
Hm. Bit confused about that one [smile] This happen to anyone else?
That's because you have "Hide protected operating system files" turned off. Windows XP doesn't hide CLSID extensions on folders when protected operating system files are visible, unless the file class the CLSID references has the NeverShowExt flag set. If you add a REG_SZ value with the name "NeverShowExt" to the following registry key:
HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
And then log out and back in again (restart explorer), the CLSID extension will be invisible.
Wow, I just added tech content to a porn thread.
All mine is kept in hard copy(pun intended) because my computer's in the living room. My printer keeps running out of ink. Of course, not being online at home, the real dangerous part is downloading at school :)
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