Is .INI a hidden File? and what others?

Can anyone please list which files are hidden and which are not?

1).INI
2).INF
3).BIN
4).DLL
5).COM
6).BAT

and others that I have not listed.

And some log files that end in .txt are hidden.

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nama

Bin and Com are hidden by default.
Not sure about other.

sart

huzzx wrote:

Can anyone please list which files are hidden and which are not?

1).INI
2).INF
3).BIN
4).DLL
5).COM
6).BAT

and others that I have not listed.

And some log files that end in .txt are hidden.

huzzx,
The best way to find out -- is simply make them in a cmd.exe prompt.

echo >C:\test\test.bin 
echo >C:\test\test.inf
echo >C:\test\test.com 
echo >C:\test\test.dll
echo >C:\test\test.bat
echo >C:\test\test.ini 
echo >C:\test\test.sys
start c:\test

As far as it comes to the log files that are in .txt - these ones are given the +[H]idden or +ystem attribute.

Some files are given the "S" System attribute including some folders. C:\Windows\ is an example of this. This is why you don't see them.

C:\WINDOWS>attrib winnt.bmp
   SH      C:\WINDOWS\winnt.bmp

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir /a:s
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 84F3-0FF2

 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

02/18/2006  12:30 PM    <DIR>          dllcache
01/20/2005  01:39 AM    <DIR>          Microsoft
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  10,003,718,144 bytes free

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir /a:h
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 84F3-0FF2

 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

12/13/2005  05:31 AM            23,150 ATMenuxx.GID
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               749 cdplayer.exe.manifest
02/18/2006  12:30 PM    <DIR>          dllcache
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               488 logonui.exe.manifest
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               749 ncpa.cpl.manifest
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               749 nwc.cpl.manifest
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               749 sapi.cpl.manifest
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               488 WindowsLogon.manifest
01/20/2005  01:34 AM               749 wuaucpl.cpl.manifest
               8 File(s)         27,871 bytes
               1 Dir(s)  10,003,718,144 bytes free

These are folders that won't show up in explorer on Windows XP Home.

This is something you need to run and check. Running little discovery 'labs' like this will really help you understand what is going on. There's no better way to learn than by doing.

bonus! -- What kind of hidden folders are the Temporary internet files? What files in them are hidden from you? What about the C:\System Volume Information folder? Why can't you get to this? Investigate, Investigate, Investigate!

huzzx

Hah, I trying to find out how to create files now.

what does your echo C:\..... do? Is that just a statement on a file?

huzzx

Couldn't find out how to create a file, but know how to rename files.

What I did was create a txt file by thos ext names in windows GUI i.e. bin.txt, ini.txt, and renamed it bin.bin and ini.ini in command prompt. But in the folder, all those files are not hidden. I made sure in view, its checked DO Not show hidden files. So your suggestion doesn't help. Any other ideas? Or can you just tell me right here?