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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what
> >>>> I've typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a
> >>>> trick to getting this working?
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA,
> >>>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
> >>>
> >>> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
> >>> show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
> >>> *shakes head*
> >>
> >> Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder
> >> properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire
> >> on XP. (Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)
> >
> > That's no typo unless Jarulf's and other guides are wrong.
> 
> S'been a while but I could have sworn it was supposed to be "netstart;"

Heh, I imagine it has :-) How long since you played D1 SP? MP? Hellfire?
I try to play D1 once every six months. I still get a buzz entering the
first few levels that I never got in D2. D1 is just plain creepier :-)

> > How does
> > one get file extensions to at least show up in a file's properties?
> 
> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click
> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark
> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do
> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I
> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then
> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.

Many thanks, I'm the first to admit my Windows skills are rudimentary. I
like to get done what's necessary and then get back to my Mac.

> > It's just insane they don't show there. Whoever made that decision
> > should be fired and blacklisted from ever working in the tech
> > industry again.
> 
> I'm not touching that one. <g>
> 
> Cheers,

*grins*
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