>I also had utilities called "CDS", "MDS", "RDS", etc which could make
>directories with a space in it. This was before W95, and so we never
>tested with it. Directory examples: "C:\MY STUFF", "C:\SFT WRE",
>"C:\D A T A.! �", or sometimes mixed chr(255) with it too.
That will stop people that doesn't know much about DOS, but do you want to
stop Windows users?
This works in Win 3.x and 95 (and probably NT and 98 to), I have found this
out myself (and NEVER heard anyone else mention it)
Create a directory with the code "ALT+228" (a sigma in DOS) in it. This
will then happen when you try to use it:
Win 3.x changes to the root. This one is really annoying if the directOry
is in the root.
"Damn! Why doesn't the double-click work!" ;)
Win 95 states that - "The directory doesn't exist."
But it can be seen by the user, but no way to get into it.
I haven't tried removing it yet, but that should prove useless in all
versions, how cool we can remove the entire discspace on a Windows PC with
a simple BATch file ;)
The sigma can be anywhere in the directory.
This trick doesn't seem to work inside Windows, the result is a directory
that the user can enter. Both on 3.x and 95 the trick is "spolied". :/
Combine this with an "&" on NT and the user will have hard time getting
into it since & here gives "DOS" more power. It's a really nice feature,
also OS/2 has problems if you create a & in the directory name (perhaps
this is where NT got it from?)
And how did I find this out then? Well, a friend created a directory when
using Linux on his computer as he was logged into mine over the InterNet
(Surv-U a FTP server for Win 3.x was used.) I noticed that WinFile gave me
this error and experimented with it.
This was a few years back (94-95 or something like that).
//Bernie
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