Re: to hide or not to hide

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From: Hairy One Kenobi (abuse_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:40:44 GMT

"Linea Recta" <mccm.vos@abc.net> wrote in message
news:2mf9mjFeuv5rU1@uni-berlin.de...
> What's the point of having one setting in Windows Explorer: 'Hide system
> files', and then another setting at the bottom: 'Show hidden files and
> folders'? Finally, are they hidden or are they not hidden?

They're two different things - one refers to a file attribute ("system"),
and the other refers to thinks like the Windows directory and (IIRC - I
always turn it off) DLLs.

The latter is a defence mechanism against users who think "I've never used
that, so I'll delete it" and then find that their system doesn't seem to
work any more..

> Also, how do these settings affect the display of files as seen from
> internet sources?

Unrelated. 

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Hairy One Kenobi
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