Secret Folder in Vista?
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Hi, I've got a new HP machine and they've hidden some of their stuff in some sort of secret folder that I can only access when I have the full name of one of the files inside it and then only through the Explorer's Advanced search with the "include non-indexed, hidden,and system files" checked. I've been through all the usual folder options and applied a hack of the registry SHOWALL key. Has anybody seen anything like this and know how to list out the full folder? Thanks, Will
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Hi, I've got a new HP machine and they've hidden some of their stuff in some sort of secret folder that I can only access when I have the full name of one of the files inside it and then only through the Explorer's Advanced search with the "include non-indexed, hidden,and system files" checked. I've been through all the usual folder options and applied a hack of the registry SHOWALL key. Has anybody seen anything like this and know how to list out the full folder? Thanks, Will
OldDog.Net wrote:
the full name of one of the files inside it
let us have it then, so we can all look around. :)
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OldDog.Net wrote:
the full name of one of the files inside it
let us have it then, so we can all look around. :)
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Hi Luc, It's nothing exciting, just a few XML files for extending the TouchSmart environment with your own apps. It's in the Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\. . .\SmartCenter 2.0 folder and the folder is called UpdateAppSettings. It seems like HP either wants to open up the environment but aren't quite ready or they're pretending to but won't actually commit to it. It's pretty half-baked at this point. For instance, there is a utility so you can "Register" your application but there is no "Unregister" option. I did find that once I opened one of the files from within VS 2008, I was able to see the rest of the files the next time I went into the File OpenFile Dialog. I'm still curious about how they might have done that. Searching for a solution, I saw one item where they talked about adding a Class Id extention, .{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}, to the folder name but that didn't seem to work on one of my other Vista machines so I don't think that's it: http://computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_registry_secret.htm Will
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Hi Luc, It's nothing exciting, just a few XML files for extending the TouchSmart environment with your own apps. It's in the Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\. . .\SmartCenter 2.0 folder and the folder is called UpdateAppSettings. It seems like HP either wants to open up the environment but aren't quite ready or they're pretending to but won't actually commit to it. It's pretty half-baked at this point. For instance, there is a utility so you can "Register" your application but there is no "Unregister" option. I did find that once I opened one of the files from within VS 2008, I was able to see the rest of the files the next time I went into the File OpenFile Dialog. I'm still curious about how they might have done that. Searching for a solution, I saw one item where they talked about adding a Class Id extention, .{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}, to the folder name but that didn't seem to work on one of my other Vista machines so I don't think that's it: http://computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_registry_secret.htm Will
Thanks for that info. :)
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