Quote:
Originally Posted by mayjune
ok ok it showed...i used \ instead of /R...
17 test:hidden.txt:$DATA
28-06-2009 22:58 17 test.txt
26 test.txt:hidden:$DATA
yes i did create the file before i tried opening in notepad....i followed the steps you said for test.txt
NOTE THIS
C:\>notepad test:hidden.txt
(THIS showes my hidden text)
C:\>notepad test.txt:hidden.txt
(THIS doesnt work, says file doesnt exist..????)
Look at what your drive contents :17 test:hidden.txt:$DATA
28-06-2009 22:58 17 test.txt
26 test.txt:hidden:$DATA
So, you have created a ADS named "hidden.txt" in the file "test" (without ".txt" extension) and you have also created an ADS named "hidden" (without the ".txt" extension) in the file "test.txt". That means you can either use :
(1) notepad test.txt:hidden or
(2) notepad test:hidden.txt
And not :
(1) notepad test.txt:hidden.txt or
(2) notepad test:hidden
Quote:
Originally Posted by mayjuneone more point, i just added more text in hidden.txt
using
C:\>notepad test:hidden.txt
(added more text)
C:\>dir test.txt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8C19-481A
Directory of C:\
28-06-2009 22:58 17 test.txt
1 File(s) 17 bytes
0 Dir(s) 33,659,916,288 bytes free
^MY date and time didnt change???? how come it should? i checked, the text is added in hidden.txt
When you added more text to the "hidden.txt", you added it to the ADS "hidden.txt" attached to "test" not "test.txt". So, the time-stamp of "test" changed and not "test.txt".
Try to modify "hidden" and not "hidden.txt", like this :
notepad test.txt:hidden
You will see, the time-stamp of test.txt will change.
You probably messed up with the extensions while creating the file or the ADS. Delete both and start again, as mentioned in the article.
