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| Thread ID: 76440 | 2007-02-01 05:42:00 | Ren Alt255 in DOS | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 521564 | 2007-02-04 02:11:00 | Of course, in my suggested file, "[NUL]" indicates that you should put the code (0x00) produced by Alt/000 (or from the character set) at that point, not that particular sequence of charcters. The command interpreter and the file structure don't know about such things. ;) Also the second line is just "anything" to ensure that the command in the first line is terminated with a carriage return, so that it will be executed by the command interpreter. The second line will be echoed, with an error message because it won't be recognised as a command. You could make it "echo This is tidier". That when echoed by your echo command will invoke the echo command again to write it out, rather than the command interpreter echoing it and trying to execute it. All clear? :D :cool: :thumbs: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 521565 | 2007-02-04 02:23:00 | Of course, in my suggested file, "[NUL]" indicates that you should put the code (0x00) produced by Alt/000 (or from the character set) at that point, not that particular sequence of charcters . The command interpreter and the file structure don't know about such things . ;) Also the second line is just "anything" to ensure that the command in the first line is terminated with a carriage return, so that it will be executed by the command interpreter . The second line will be echoed, with an error message because it won't be recognised as a command . You could make it "echo This is tidier" . That when echoed by your echo command will invoke the echo command again to write it out, rather than the command interpreter echoing it and trying to execute it . All clear? :D Ahhhheeeeeemm, of course I understand . :blush: Perfectly clear! :dogeye: (thinks out loud there’s a 1 or a 0 missing somewhere and I think I might be the 1) :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 521566 | 2007-02-08 18:46:00 | Another really odd one this . The good news is I recovered all my files from my Alt255 Secret folder by removing the HDD and fitting it in an old P3 computer . :thumbs: After Windows discovered all sorts of new Hardware I went straight to the DOS prompt and un-hid the folder the same way as I’d done it many times before . It seems to me the HP P4 1600mhz machine won’t recognise the “Alt255” Command in DOS . Real odd . Anyway, thanks to all who tried to assist . :thumbs: The immediate problem is how to hide, or password protect, a folder using XP as the Alt255 DOS Command doesn’t seem to work with XP . Seems later version Hardware as well as XP’s reduced DOS functions may be a factor . :confused: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 521567 | 2007-02-13 09:18:00 | I think you can set the folder to hidden in the properties menu. If you want to keep files safe properly I would highly recommend TrueCrypt ([url]http://www.truecrypt.org/[/url). This allows you to create a virtual drive, the contents of which is stored in an encrypted file. Encryption is the only way to non-trivially protect files you want to keep secret. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
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