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Back on the windows 9x kernel, one could render a file/folder by including a NIL character (0xFF) in the name. The NIL wouldn't render at all in explorer, but e
by hermitdev 7y ago
Back on the windows 9x kernel, one could render a file/folder by including a NIL character (0xFF) in the name. The NIL wouldn't render at all in explorer, but explorer was also incapable of accessing the file or folder. I forget the exact error message, but it was something along the lines of the path not existing. Had to hop out to a command prompt to temporarily rename it to make it accessible, then rename it back. Had to enter the code by using ALT+0+2+5+5. Sadly, doesnt work on the NT based kernel. Was fun hiding in plain sight in the 90s.
- pixl97 7y agoThings like this were fun if you could use Linux to access windows via a samba share with write access. You could make all kinds of directories that explorer wouldn't handle correctly. Also reminds me of a bug that was common in Adobe Reader that would create a very deep recursion of adobe folders in the users directory. You could not delete said files because the path was far too long. Had to use SUBST to map it to a shorter path then delete your way up.