[Infidel]

As far as i can tell this is a fairly unknown flaw I found in vista recently, when naming a folder if you name it the private character (alt+0160) It seems you can no longer delete move or cut that folder. At least you cannot on my computer. It is possible to move or delete files and folders within that folder but not the folder itself. I assume the same goes for file however i didn't try as i didn't want to have an un-deletable file randomly on my hard drive. This shows a huge flaw in vista as it allows someone to make a random 30 gig file which the user can do nothing about.

I am curious, has anyone else heard of this yet? have there been any fixes for it out yet? Why do you think this happens?

[Dave Hybrid]

Why would you name a folder with a hidden character anyway?

[its.sid]

It was also with winxp , my friend used to make a folder with hidden characters and u are not able to change contents or to access it unless you use command prompt to rename the folder .I dont know if you can do the same in VISTA though .

[Infidel]

Well i did it as i was writing a tutorial about how to hide files, one the the common ways people do this is to name there folder that character and give it the invisible icon, then move it to a spot on there desktop where they can find it again.

I have never had it happen in xp for me but For vista i have attempted to remove it with cmd with no luck.

[Nikronius]

Originally Posted by Infidel Well i did it as i was writing a tutorial about how to hide files, one the the common ways people do this is to name there folder that character and give it the invisible icon, then move it to a spot on there desktop where they can find it again

Im actually interested on reading that tutorial.

Regarding the flaw I havent heard about it yet just things like this: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...php?p=16931893

your discovery is quite interesting, at least for me it is.

[Infidel]

After Further testing this flaw is not present when making files, only folders, so it is not really a security threat at all. Just strange.

The tut spoke off name a folder this then changing the icon to a transparent icon. It was a long time ago but if your interested in finding the tut please email or pm me, and ill try finding it again or give you the information.