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I have a situation here.
I want to hide a folder from a specific user in Windows Seven.
This is not just a simple hide. I want to hide the folder from other 'Standard Users' (not administrator) logging into the system in such a way that they don't even know the existence of the folder.
I found that if a folder is hidden by administrator, then if the standard user enables 'Show hidden files and folders', the folder becomes visible. Well, they cannot access the contents due to permissions, that is fine.
But what I want is even if the standard user enables 'Show hidden files and folders' windows will not show the hidden folder to them. I want the folder to be seen by administrator only.
This does not necessarily mean that I have to 'hide' it.
I want to setup something which will allow only the administrator to know that the folder exists.
Is this at all possible?
If its possible please share the knowledge on how it is possible.
Thanks in advance.
Nirmalya
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So I am accidentally moved my downloads folder as the User directory. I was able to reverse this change and get the downloads folder to be within the User directory.
However, I am left with a problem, in explorer, the User directory (Fishsticks in the cmd window) has been left labeled as Downloads. I am wondering if there is anyway, by changing registry values or otherwise, to relabel the folder so that it appears with the write name in explorer.
Link to image: http://i.imgur.com/wZIOrLg.png
I am aware that it is not possible to rename the folder, I just want it to appear with the right name.
Edit or delete the hidden desktop.ini file in c:\Users\yourusername\, specifically the line that starts with LocalizedResourceName= needs to be removed.
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I've been trying to delete this extremely stubborn folder and nothing seems to work. First I tried the disk cleanup tool in the windows control panel, then CCleaner, and finally followed by a barrage of cmd tricks. I think one of the sub-files located under System32 is corrupt, because when I go to delete it normally I get the "The system could not find the specified item..." error. I even tried taking ownership of all files and folders within Windows.old, but was STILL denied access! Please help!
It's pretty simple to remove:
Click in Windows' search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.
Click the "Clean up system files" button.
Wait a bit while Windows scans for files, then scroll down the list until you see "Previous Windows installation(s)."
Select Previous Windows installation and anything else you want to remove and select OK.
If you've made all these attempts to remove it already though, you may have broken Windows ability to remove the folder.
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I do not know if this is possible (I suspect that it isn't), but can you change the default program for a file type for only a specific folder and the folder's sub-folders in Windows 7?
What I am trying to do is set the html files in a specific folder to open in Notepad++ by default, and everywhere else, open in Chrome (which is the current default).
I do know how to change the global default program for a file extension, but that is not what I am trying to do in this case.
Thank you in advance.
In a word: Impossible
The registry cant be customised for an individual folder it is all or nothing.
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I have recently got the Samsung series 7 ultra laptop and found a lot of bulkware with the pre-installed windows 8 so I did a fresh install of Windows 8. It went through successfully but I noticed my folder like Documents, Music, Pictures etc. now have "Configuration settings (.ini)" type files named: "desktop".
(desktop file from Document folder).
When open with notepad, I get something like:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=#%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21770
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-235
What are these for and is it safe to delete?
This .ini file stores customizations that you've set for that particular folder, such as icon size, layout, etc.
If you haven't set any customizations these should just be the default settings. You can delete them if you want, but they'll probably just come back. They also should only show up if you have the 'show hidden files and folders' option selected under 'folder options.' That's because Microsoft doesn't think you need to worry about it, which in terms of this particular file is probably true. The files sizes are negligible and deleting them will only reset any customizations you may have set.
Hope this helps!
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I'm trying to change a folder to read and write but everytime i check it again its read only
the folder is the oracle db home. When i untick read-only it it applies it but when i press ok check it again it's read-only
anyone know a solution?
i've got windows xp
The read-only attribute on folders doesn't actually mean the folder is read-only.
It doesn't mean anything much at all to the filesystem but it is used by the Windows shell, and maybe other applications, as a tag. For example, the Windows shell will only look for a Desktop.ini file if a folder has the read-only attribute set. (Thus the attribute allows it to avoid the lookup if it is missing, since the lookup can be quite slow on network drives.)
Unless you have a reason to care about the attribute the solution is to ignore it and let whatever is setting it have its way. It's probably setting it for a reason.
On the other hand, the read-only attribute on files is significant.