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Roel Schroeven
Steven D'Aprano schreef:
I don't think so: the average Windows user will never even see the files
in that directory; they only see the files in the 'Desktop' and 'My
Documents' folders.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge
faster than society gathers wisdom.
-- Isaac Asimov
Roel Schroeven
[snip]The leading dot doesn't make the files hidden on Windows, but there's no
reason why you can't create files/folders with a leading dot and many
programs do just that. On the machine I'm on right now, 'dir .*' shows
me:
And 75% [1] of average Windows users will either delete the file, move it
to a more convenient[2] location, or edit the file name to remove the dot.
I don't think so: the average Windows user will never even see the files
in that directory; they only see the files in the 'Desktop' and 'My
Documents' folders.
--
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge
faster than society gathers wisdom.
-- Isaac Asimov
Roel Schroeven