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brianstewey
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      03-23-2009

Hello
Does anyone know how add a filter to vista explorer to hid
folders/files that by default are hidden in linux. ie. files and folder
starting with

eg (i just installed the gimp
Folde
homedir/.gimp-2.6/etc/..
Fil
homedir/.gitconfi

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      03-23-2009
I don't believe there's any way to set such a specific filter. The closest
thing would be to manually mark these files as hidden and turn off 'show
hidden files and folders' in windows explorer. This would, of course, turn
off display of all hidden files and folders.
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>
> Hello,
> Does anyone know how add a filter to vista explorer to hide
> folders/files that by default are hidden in linux. ie. files and folders
> starting with .
>
> eg (i just installed the gimp)
> Folder
> homedir/.gimp-2.6/etc/...
> File
> homedir/.gitconfig
>
>
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