full-disclosure - Microsoft hides certain types of files from your eyes + some filename parsing bug

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Message-ID: <200407080133.i681Xtjf008444@cairo.anu.edu.au>
From: avalon at cairo.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
Subject: Microsoft hides certain types of files from your eyes + some filename parsing bug

In some mail from =?iso-8859-1?q?Good=20One?=, sie said:
> 
> test.txt.{3050F4D8-98B5-11CF-BB82-00AA00BDCE0B}
>  
> Note: 
> CLSID will remain hidden (explorer will not show it up in any means)
> File name for user will remain : test.txt

I tested this and no matter how or where I created the file, I could see
the CLSID.

Maybe it is because I've disabled the "Hide extensions for known file types"
in Explorer's View Folder Options ?

Did you try this ?

Darren