re: Question about 'How do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?'
Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 12:24 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jennifer
(7 messages posted)
I've tried a few of the tricks here, but the one way that works for me is uncheck
'the view as webpage' option, in View - then both Windows and System open without
the warning..
On Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 7:48 am, Rev. Victor wrote:
>...and it also works to ZIP the folder.htt file up.
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>-- Rev. Victor
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>On Friday, October 19, 2001 at 7:05 am, Tekbonk wrote:
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>After reading some of the other postings I figured out the FINAL fix... the one
>that
>will surely work ... =O)
>I posted this same message on the posting that gave me this idea.... ok here it
>goes ....
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>Well ... I followed the instructions and it did get rid of the "Show Files" nag.
>BUT... it also disabled the file preview effect.
> (mouse over bmp, gif, jpg, a small display shows)
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>So what I did instead was: I moved the Folder.htt file from C:\Windows to a floppy
>disk (just in case I didnt like the results of my little experiment ::grin::)
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>Then I Copied the Folder.htt file from the C:\Windows\Web folder and pasted it to
>C:\Windows
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> tadaaa !!!!! =O)
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>PS: Since It worked fine I also pasted it to the C:\Windows\System folder. If for
>some ungodly reason I need to set it back to normal I have the original Folder.htt
>in a floppy disk.
>And I believe you cant put that Folder.htt anywhere on your hard drive cause then
>that folder you put it in will give you the "Show Files" nag.
>(Not %100 sure, but wasnt interested in testing it.. lol)
>
> --TekBonk--
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>On Friday, October 19, 2001 at 5:38 am, Tekbonk wrote:
>I followed the steps described for How
>do I disable the warning message when I view the Windows folder?:
>and it didnt work. Im using Windows 98SE, IE 6.0.
>So ... umm ... is there a real fix to that problem ... because it is an annoyance.
> Thanks =O)
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