Accessing \. as an {UUID}
Windows has this feature(? maybe undocumented) where you can make a new folder named {UUID} and it does something special depending on the UUID.
I only know how to use {UUID} to add control panel (and a few similar things) to Desktop/arbitrary folders, but I'd like to add an alias to \. instead. I don't know its UUID (or if it even has one), tho. Does anyone know the UUID for this very specific thing? This is impossible to search anywhere because search engines don't like symbols.
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Windows has this feature(? maybe undocumented) where you can make a new folder named {UUID} and it does something special depending on the UUID.
I only know how to use {UUID} to add control panel (and a few similar things) to Desktop/arbitrary folders, but I'd like to add an alias to \. instead. I don't know its UUID (or if it even has one), tho. Does anyone know the UUID for this very specific thing? This is impossible to search anywhere because search engines don't like symbols.
windows
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55
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Windows has this feature(? maybe undocumented) where you can make a new folder named {UUID} and it does something special depending on the UUID.
I only know how to use {UUID} to add control panel (and a few similar things) to Desktop/arbitrary folders, but I'd like to add an alias to \. instead. I don't know its UUID (or if it even has one), tho. Does anyone know the UUID for this very specific thing? This is impossible to search anywhere because search engines don't like symbols.
windows
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
Windows has this feature(? maybe undocumented) where you can make a new folder named {UUID} and it does something special depending on the UUID.
I only know how to use {UUID} to add control panel (and a few similar things) to Desktop/arbitrary folders, but I'd like to add an alias to \. instead. I don't know its UUID (or if it even has one), tho. Does anyone know the UUID for this very specific thing? This is impossible to search anywhere because search engines don't like symbols.
windows
windows
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
edited Jan 22 at 2:11
Sathyajith Bhat♦
52.8k29156252
52.8k29156252
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
asked Jan 21 at 21:10
SoniEx2SoniEx2
1057
1057
@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55
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@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55
@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55
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@davidpostill This question is not soliciting any recommendations, this is incorrectly put on hold.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:09
What you're referring to is Windows Shell specific behavior when folders are encountered in the format you suggested (i.e. MyFolder.{Extension CLSID}). What are you trying to achieve with "an alias to \."?
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 1:12
I thought by making an {UUID} that represents \. I could get access to \. and raw disks from WSL (for use with dd)
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 1:34
This is not supported. See: github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/689 Alternatively, to write to a disk, you can use Rufus, Win32DiskImager, or even the Win32 port of dd.
– Rafael Rivera
Jan 22 at 2:06
I didn't ask if it was supported, I asked if it could work. I do unsupported things all the time.
– SoniEx2
Jan 22 at 12:55