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From: Pietro Campesato on 6 May 2010 18:26


Dave Angel wrote:
> "visually"? Lots of possibilities there. And if you're not sure, you
> need to get familiar with Windows quirks.
>
> IF you're using Explorer, there are a few ways you could miss a single
> file out of thousands.
>
> Simplest is that the listing is not necessarily completely sorted. You
> need to do a View->ArrangeIconsBy->Name
> to really trust that they're sorted today. And you may have to repeat
> that menu again next time you launch Explorer, or even next time you
> look at some other directory.
>
> Next is that Explorer is initialized by Microsoft to mostly use the
> worst possible defaults. One is to hide system and hidden files
> . Another is to hide extensions of known types. Either of these could
> make you overlook the file.
>
> HTH
> DaveA

You are right, I guess I should rely on programmatic ways to find
specific files.
Thank you.
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