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MS does some funny things. It's a love/hate relationship. Like, if it's an alias or a shortcut, why not just make it accessible, like a symbolic link?
I can just see them sitting in the boardroom discussing this:
"Let's solve our refactoring problem by creating Junctions. We'll make them visible when viewing 'hidden' files, and they'll look like folders, but we won't let anyone follow them to the destination. Hey, how's THAT for thinking differently? (Jobs, eat yer leftie artsie-fartsie heartsie out!)"...now, I wonder if they had to click "allow" or "deny" to get that bit of brightness pushed through?
sorry guys, just venting a little.
(I love those Mac ads)
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that is a good question. I have been debating with myself if I want to spend the extra money for ultimate. A feature like that is one i may use.
It's actually more of a curiosity with me - if it's there I want to know how to play with it, so that my decision not to use a Windows tool is "informed". I suspect MS will be hard driven to put up much of a challenge to Cygwin, which works just fine for 'Nixifying Windows...
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Hi BT,
Thanks for the useful info, however I wonder, is this feature perhaps only available on Ultimate? I'm running Home-Premium on an ASUS G2P, and seeing lots of other options (such as telnet) but not the Unix option...?
Thanks,
- Dharma
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Thanks for the post Dave, I came across it after having obliviously fallen into 'The Trap'. While I had an inkling that what you have reported may indeed be the case, you've nonetheless confirmed it for me now.
One wonders however why MS went through the trouble of making them visible at all?
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"Access Denied" In Vista Hidden Folders
in PC Tips and Tricks
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You guys are amazing. JSKY that's a great explanation of this issue and how to work *with* it rather than have it work *against* you.
I'm impressed.
take care guys,
- Dharma