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Protected Storage (PStore) has been deprecated and therefore made read-only in Windows Vista. Microsoft recommends using DPAPI to add new PStore data items or manage existing ones. [35] However existing applications such as Outlook 2002 which used PStore are unable to save passwords as a result. Any application that tries to create new PStore ...
Read-only attributes on folders are usually ignored, being used for another purpose. [5] [6] As new versions of Windows came out, Microsoft has added to the inventory of available attributes on the NTFS file system, [7] including but not limited to: [8] Compressed (C): When set, Windows compresses the hosting file upon storage.
Several operating systems provided a set of modifiable file characteristics that could be accessed and changed through a low-level system call.For example, as of release MS-DOS 4.0, the first six bits of the file attribute byte indicated whether or not a file was read-only (as opposed to writeable), hidden, a system file, a volume label, a subdirectory, or if the file had been "archived" (with ...
Protected Storage (PStore) has been deprecated and therefore made read-only in Windows Vista. Microsoft recommends using DPAPI to add new PStore data items or manage existing ones. [28] Internet Explorer 7 and later also use DPAPI instead of PStore to store their credentials.
Reader: provides read-only access to all shared resources; Contributor: provides read-only access to all shared resources, also allowing the sharee to add items and modify or delete the items they have added; Co-owner: allows the sharee to access, modify, or delete shared resources or resource permissions
Most file systems include attributes of files and directories that control the ability of users to read, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system. In some cases, menu options or functions may be made visible or hidden depending on a user's permission level; this kind of user interface is referred to as permission-driven.
DELTREE was designed to ignore all file and directory attributes, such as hidden, read-only and system. [9] The command was described as "potentially dangerous" and "capable of wiping out hundreds of files at a time". [5]
Windows Import Video, a feature in Windows Vista which allowed one to import live or recorded video from a digital video camera and save it to the hard disk, has been removed. [62] The option in Windows Vista to send search queries (keywords) of searches performed in the Control Panel category view to Microsoft has been removed in Windows 7.