Files of the Windows operating system can be easily manipulated like any other file on a computer hard drive. Manipulation can either be intended or unintended. A user patching the theme files in Windows for instance does that intentionally while a computer virus or trojan infecting system files does not. Both file manipulations can have [...]
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Fingerprint Files In Windows To Uncover File Changes
What’s the best way of making sure that you know when files are changed in the operating system? It is possible to create a backup and compare the backup with a later stage. Other possibilities include software programs that have been designed to detect changes. Fingerprint is one of those software programs. The computer program [...]
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Shell Extension Manager
Windows is storing information about file extensions and the actions that can be triggered when right-clicking the files or folders in Windows. A right-click on a spreadsheet file would for example reveal options to open the file in Microsoft Office or Open Office. That might include actions added by applications that are not used by [...]
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Attribute Changer
The Microsoft Windows operating system does not provide its users with an easy way to change file attributes and dates. Sure there is the right-click > Properties dialog that makes it possible to change the Read-Only and Hidden flags of files but there is no obvious way to change other flags like index or archive [...]
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File Information
Files are added to a computer system continuously. Users install new software, create files, edit, copy and move old ones and the system adds to that by creating temporary files automatically all the time. Browsing the computer system might reveal files that cannot be identified by looking at its filename or folder. This can happen [...]