Re: How to create relative file paths. We may need to encrypt the name of the Windows folder so the spyware junk won't find it!

Maybe when installing Windows, installing into a directory other than the
default Windows folder would be appropriate? Say, installing into the
"WindowsC" folder instead of the "Windows" folder, just slightly altering the
name of the folder so that the spyware junk out there won't find the "Windows"
folder flat-out; you could create a dummy folder called "Windows" for all the
spyware to find nothing in it.

We may need to encrypt the name of the Windows folder so the spyware junk won't
find it!


"glee" <glee29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ob8RgD%23UFHA.3432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> There are Universal Naming Conventions (UNC) such as in your
> example....see here -- Universal Naming Convention:
> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidunc.htm
>
> and there is "abbreviated" syntax (environmental variables) that can
> be used in certain commands, though this is different from what you
> refer to in your example -- Environment Variables:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/ENV/INDEX.HTM
>
> "2dogs" <2dogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E0F9056B-1E71-491C-A490-66A68977AB7B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I know that XP accepts many file path naming conventions other than
>> a full absolute file path such as "C:\program files\microsoft
>> office\documents\file.doc", and etc. I have seen a variety of
>> shorthand methods for naming file paths and some that appear to be
>> relative file paths that reference a child folder, or parent folder,
>> or perhaps no folder at all if the file being referenced is in the
>> same folder as the application that uses it. This would seem to be
>> an absolute necessity, for the sake of portability from one machine
>> to another, where a file that references or is referenced by another
>> file may be located somewhere other than in its original location.
>> Some of the formats I have seen are things like
>> "\\localhost\foldername", "...\filename", or
>> "\\foldername\\filename" and etc.
>>
>> Where can I find detailed information such as formats, purpose, when
>> to use which one, foward slash or back slash, single slash or double
>> slash, and the like regarding path naming conventions?
>>
>> --
>> 2dogs in Oregon USA


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