Re: Fix to protect users from selves.

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

"Guy L. Albertelli"  wrote:
> files/file.c
>     -  Prevent Explorer.exe from renaming directories to !$!$...

I'm strongly against adding such kludges in the Wine source.

Fix to protect users from selves.

[Sylvain Petreolle]

Me to... This name is absolutely correct and could be used by another
program.
I verified it : I created a file called !$!$.txt and a directory on my
desktop under Windows NT.
 --- Dmitry Timoshkov  a écrit : > "Guy L.
Albertelli"  wrote:
> > files/file.c
> >     -  Prevent Explorer.exe from renaming directories to !$!$...
>
> I'm strongly against adding such kludges in the Wine source.
>
> -- 
> Dmitry.

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Fix to protect users from selves.

[Andreas Mohr]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 09:03:24PM +0200, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> Me to... This name is absolutely correct and could be used by another
> program.
> I verified it : I created a file called !$!$.txt and a directory on my
> desktop under Windows NT.

Yep, exactly.

Please research the exact names/content of certain registry keys instead
that some people suspected to be necessary to prevent Explorer
from setting the World on fire.