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I often see files named 'blabla.exe:Zone.Identifier' when monitoring I/O with Process Monitor.
The files are seen on network-drives.
What are Zone.Identifier files?
What does the colon mean in the filename?
Is the colon related the file's extended attributes?
How do I prevent these files from being created when I copy code files from Windows Explorer to a WSL directory?
The text after the colon is an identifier for an "Alternate Data Stream". ADS is used to store meta-information about the file. For example, the Zone identifier stores whether the file was downloaded from the internet.
Some specific info about URL Security Zones, Zone.Identifier Stream Name
See also Technet, Heysoft and this article about alternative data streams.
Finally, here's Streams, the Sysinternals tool for ADS.
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I had filled in an application form in which I made a payment and copied the application number by "Ctrl+C" command (and unfortunately I didn't note it anywhere).
And after that I copied some other thing but I didn't notice my application number has washed off from the temporary memory. I even tried to login but was unsuccessful.
I now need help: is there any method to print all copied things (I have not copied any file only some text like email id's and else). I have not turned off my PC since that. Please tell is there any method to print on note pad or any other?
Windows Systems do not save the clipboard history. There is only one item stored in the clipboard. If you copy something new the previous clipboard contents is overwritten and lost forever. To get the full Microsoft clipboard history you need to use third-party utilities such as clipdiary or Clipboard History extension.
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I am using wget in my windows PC to download files from an ftp server. But it downloads files into a folder where wget.exe is located. But i want it to download files to another folder.How it can be done?( i saw some links which i guess works only in linux).
#WINMAN please look into the following thread for your query, which might help you i hope
How to specify the location with wget?
−P prefix
−−directory−prefix=prefix
Set directory prefix to prefix. The directory prefix is the directory where all other files and subdirectories
will be saved to, i.e. the top of the retrieval tree. The default is . (the current directory).
Taken from the PDF, which comes with the docs from here: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm
All other command-line arguments are in the pdf as well, so you should look into it.
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When I press return to rename a filename, automatically, the whole filename is selected (highlighted), including the extension. This is happening in some file types, including .SRT.
In most of the file types, this won't happen. They're most known file types, like JPG and TXT. I tried setting a default app to this file type but that won't fix the problem, I still get the whole filename (including extension) highlighted when press return (to rename the filename).
Any ideas?
Your system doesn't recognise .srt as a valid extension. You need to install an app that will "tell" to the operating system about this extension.
An app that did this for me was VLC
You may also find more information here:
https://superuser.com/questions/371892/osx-assign-extension-to-content-kind
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If I'm given a URL that points to a .txt file, is it always safe to open it? Can it possibly contain virus or malicious content?
A genuine txt-file can contain virus code but it cannot be executed, so it's totally safe. However, a file can use double file extension like this, so watch out:
a-virus-file.txt.exe
Windows hides by default .exe because it's a known file type.
It is not safe to rely solely on a file extension. The real file type can easily be masked by someone changing the extension, so the file could easily be a virus or malicious content.
For example:
MyVirus.exe -> SeeminglyHarmlessFile.txt
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I am considering upgrading my work computer to use windows 8 as the new file transferring feature seems very useful. Unfortunately after installing windows 8 on my home pc to test it out, the files are being transferred in separate dialogs as opposed to this image provided by microsoft.
As I am transferring files constantly a single transfer dialog would make things much less confusing. Does anyone know what settings to change to make file transfers appear in the same window?
To make file transfers appear in the same window you need to transfer files locally.
This is because a network connection can break out at anytime.