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Windows explorer has gotten a little bit "magical" for my taste. There are all these different kinds of special system folders that invoke different view logic
by recursive 7y ago
Windows explorer has gotten a little bit "magical" for my taste. There are all these different kinds of special system folders that invoke different view logic somehow. Sometimes you just want to see the actual file system.
- ygra 7y agoWell, that's because Explorer doesn't navigate the file system, but the shell namespace.
- recursive 7y agoI have never heard of that. I mean, I don't doubt it's true, but I think I just want to see the files usually. But then again, I don't know what that means.
- buckminster 7y agoAs a simple example, you can explore into a zip file as if it were a file system folder. This is really useful, but you're obviously no longer dealing with just plain old file system paths.
- ygra 7y agoAlso things like "My Computer", the recycle bin, the network, phones connected via MTP, etc. It's basically something the actual file system is only a part of, and yes, some file system locations are hidden, some are merged, some are redirected, etc.