Difference between directory and folder in windows?
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Difference between directory and folder in windows?
Right, I know there's no real difference, but there is a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder folders key in my registry. What's up with that?
Originally posted by ricstirato Linux has no registry, thank god (scnr - did you see the label on the top left of the page saying www.LINUXquestions.org ?)
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Sorry, I didn't mean to play the bad guy
Just wondered what this post has to do with this forum and thought I made that clear with the "scnr".
I will be more polite in future.
Folders used to be called directories in the days of MS-DOS. With Windows 95, Microsoft decided on a more "user-friendly" name. Oh, and Windows has special folder types that don't exist as normal folders do; they're really weird COM objects or some other exotic technology from Microsoftland.
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eh.
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Originally posted by ricstirato Sorry, I didn't mean to play the bad guy
Just wondered what this post has to do with this forum and thought I made that clear with the "scnr".
I will be more polite in future.
don't worry about it. No hard feelings, buddy. By the way, I'm the official "bad guy" on LQ.
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