Pretty weird seeing right-click options in explorer. But it makes sense if all or most of these pages are stored in a common format. Then, they are just loaded/displayed differently depending on what is using them. Just a guess how it might work but anyways it doesn't seem too odd.
It all dates back to windows XP (and partially ME). The idea was to simplify the internet and the operating system into one cohesive thing. Internet explorer and Explorer were extremely similar to eachother and even shared similar codebases. HTML Files at one point in a beta could be loaded in as wallpapers and settings menus were accessed through addresses, just as files & internet websites were. It seemed like a good idea, except for the fact that it was a really stupid idea.
@@diamondcreeper0982 But in Unix, this is so that reading and writing to streams, be it files, sockets, pipes, peripheral devices, communication busses or stdin/stdout/stderr can all use the same system calls and kernel data structures. This makes sense from an engineering perspective. The null file is a file (or rather, device, since it sits in /dev/) that just throws away any data you write to it and /dev/random is just a device that, when read from, returns random data. Having any random folder anywhere in the file system with a special name suddenly turn into a reference to menu options does not make sense from an engineering perspective. It only makes sense from a late Friday night hacking perspective.
It helps to understand that the entire philosophy of Windows is that everything in the code is a different class of a Window, hence the name of the operating system. The obvious Windows are the application frames, but everything else too like the buttons within the frame, different menus in the menu bar, pop-up menus, ribbon bars, status bars, etc. are all considered separate Windows. So it makes sense that say the View ribbon is actually just a Window which shows a bunch of 'buttons' that are actually one-click-activated scripts within a folder in the system somewhere.
@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Wayland hands compositing down to the window manager. It is up to each wayland wm to decide how to handle drawing anything on the display. Wayland compositors can allow by design for the client itself to decide how to draw a window (and then the compositor gets the result and composits the final image to display) which means it's not necessary that the X philosophy persists.
I may be wrong but I remember that UAC provides old applications with virtual folders so that they would not break if they tried to access a folder that needs administrative privileges to access. I wonder if the folder at 6:20 has something to do with that.
I'm guessing the control folder has special files with actions bundled to them, hence the ‘Invoke’ option. When you delete something you invoke the delete action from the control folder, it doesn't work if you try directly from there because there is nothing to delete
Although Windows 8/8.1 did have an independent settings app too, like Windows 10. Also after a while Microsoft moved the system screen from Control Panel to Settings. Don't know why they're changing things though, it worked fine before.
It's because they need to re-architecture Explorer, but can't do it all at once due to their stupid backward compatibility policies. I loved how Control Panel and Explorer shared a UI.
@@malwaretestingfan a lot of it is to prevent the average user from breaking anything or barraging the support with “weird file” tickets, and you can basically disable all the tracking stuff with a couple minutes to check boxes. I don’t really like windows 10, but considering it’s been out for almost 7 years, I think someone would’ve noticed if that was the case.
Add a key into the registry named: NTFS_DIAGNOSTIC_PURPOSE1_22_1 (it doesn't matter where you add it). After that, restart and you'll see tons of weird .ovl files. Works in windows xp sp3.
Hey, I tried that and it did not work. Does it really not matter where you add it? Also, how did you come to know about this? I did a quick online search and found 0 results. I would appreciate any additional info :)
Cool video! Not related, but I wonder if you've heard of AdvancedRun. Its name is fairly self-explanatory, it's basically Run but you can do a TON more stuff, like specify which user things run on (even SYSTEM and TrustedInstaller), command line arguments, etc. It also requires no installation (just an executable) and is tiny (in the hundreds of Kilobytes range). Also unrelated, but maybe you could do an update of your "shredding the C:\ drive" but in Windows 10, by starting a cmd prompt as TrustedInstaller using AdvancedRun and deleting the C:\ Drive. I know you get tons of video requests, and how long it takes to make videos, but it would make my day.
What if you wanted to open your "Homework" folder but windows said: Windows cannot open the folder. Access to the Folder :C\Users\Yourname\Desktop\Homework .(E88IDCCE0-8783-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31)' is denied.
You know, the old Personalization Control Panel Applet from Windows 7 is still here. If you name a folder _Personalization.{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}_ , or write _shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}_ in Run you could achieve this unforgettable Control Panel Applet.
*_Little correction:_* Every settings was in Explorer until Windows 8 when they introduced that useless settings app which was mostly for basic stuff found in Control panel and the design of lock screen and user management.
I like how at 2:50 the subscribe and bell buttons are synced to the bass in the music in the background. Maybe intentional maybe not but I thought it was funny
I remember back when Windows 7 was still popular, I search for "easter egg in windows" and this "GodMode" feature show up and I was like: OMG, OMG, This is so cool, why Microsoft don't add this.
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@FlyTechVideos the reason the Cut icon went transparent is because the icon cut itself and when you cut a file windows makes the file hidden and you have hidden files enabled so it shows transparent
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You can actually run file explorer when explorer.exe isn't running with Control Panel. Go to control panel and click the navigation bar, then type in any folder path, for example "C:\"
I remember in old versions of Windows. You could rename a file with the extension .folder, and it would become a (corrupted) folder. You could not rename it from Explorer.
here's a weird fact on windows 10: if you type "she" and letters up to "shell" the command prompt will appear ( on the searchbar next to your window button on the screen) even though command prompt doesnt have any of those letters. doesnt even appear when you type s or sh. only she, shel, and shell
I know another way in which the Control Panel is like File Explorer. If you search up 'windows administrative tools', it brings up a Control Panel window with File Explorer's GUI, and clicking on a folder other than the ones in the Control Panel closes Control Panel and instantly switches to File Explorer.
Why does the right click menu context have "Invoke" for the weird icons if you're never supposed to see them? Unless I'm mistaken, I'd think nothing would happen. Is it a debugging artifact left by devs?
I have a secret in Windows 10 October 2020 update. System Info from Windows control panel was migrated to Settings app but is still in control panel. To open this, go to This PC -> Right click on Folders or Devices and drives section -> Properties -> and TADAA.