Comments by BillHudson (Top 2 by date)

BillHudson 27-Jun-11 23:12pm View

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This is actually using NTFS file systems Alternate Data Streams (ADS) and everything after the : is actually the name of the Alternate Data Stream. It's not exactly totally hidden or secret and from Vista on, you can provide the dir command with the [/b]/R[/b] argument to make it include alternate datastreams within its results.

If you copy a file with an ADS attached to it onto a non NTFS drive (FAT, FAT32, etc) the file will copy fine, but the Alternate Stream will not transfer with it.

BillHudson 31-May-11 13:50pm View

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If Triple clicking seems cumbersome you can double click and then take a little time on the third click. It gives you a decent amount of time, but not forever. After playing with it though you can get a feel for how long you have.