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> I think the Linux practice of having a separately identified file provide the icon is relatively rare Windows File Manager primarily uses the extension, e.g.
by willvarfar 7y ago
> I think the Linux practice of having a separately identified file provide the icon is relatively rare
Windows File Manager primarily uses the extension, e.g. all DOC files are shown with the MS Word logo.
More recently, they have generated thumbnails for a lot of media files too.
- squiggleblaz 7y agoI was referring specifically to the limited case of executables. As I mentioned, executables in Windows have a resource that is the icon. There's probably no real security issues in having a photo show up with a Word document icon. Windows File Manager (which was used till Windows 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51) doesn't show generated thumbnails, although Windows Explorer does.