This seems to be a 'nearest path' issue - iexplore would use notepad.exe to 'view source' by default, so when you choose to 'view source', Windows looks to the PATH variable to find notepad.
Similar to having an executable 'c:\program.exe' when windows is looking for 'C:\program files\path\to\file\' Theres probably a workaround by adjusting the path somehow....anyone? I recall a similar issue - it's definitely related to PATH, anyway, not got time atm to dig through the archives or technet.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pagvac Sent: 24 November 2005 11:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Window's O/S Naming the folder "notepad.exe" (without quotation marks) also does the trick. Any Windows gurus out there willing to explain why this happens? -- pagvac (Adrian Pastor) www.ikwt.com On 11/24/05, Native.Code <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Weird! haha :-) ) > > > > On 11/24/05, Stelian Ene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jacob jango wrote: > > > > > create an folder on deskop and name it as "notepad". > > > open internet explorer > go to view > source code > this will open the > > > contents of notepad folder....!! > > > > Even better: rename any exe to notepad.exe ;) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: > http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: > http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
