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Re:What was nice about the UI of Windows 2000 by nticompass on Thursday June 18, 2026 @12:33PM (#48587912)
> Hiding filename extensions was one of the capital sins in computer history

Amen. The first thing I do on any (Windows) OS installation is make sure file extensions are shown. I guess Microsoft did that for "simplicity", but it also made for easy "virus.jpg.vbs" files.

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Re:What was nice about the UI of Windows 2000 by cstdr on Thursday June 18, 2026 @01:22PM (#48588571)
A puppy.jpg.vbs file would be shown as "puppy" with "VBScript" in the type column. The full name may be worse though. "puppy.gpj.vbs‬"‭ (which is actually "puppy\u202Egpj.vbs\u202C") looks like an image extension, but is a script (as the type column also shows).

Edit: Looks like HN removes those directional override characters. When present, the text looks like "puppy.sbv.jpg"

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