Confused Windows Folders

[@seriousnorbo3838]

"Look closely, there's a space after the name" It's basically: "If you look closely you can see nothing"

[@thousandsofclowns]

Technically the space makes the text not align properly, which you can see.

[@KPoWasTaken]

You can see a bit of folder in front of the line but on the other one you can't

[@another1commenter770]

Could you place a space at the start and end to have the text central still?

[@undefinedchannel9916]

@@thousandsofclowns Like 5-10 pixels :/

[@thousandsofclowns]

@@another1commenter770 I'm pretty sure that this would just move the text off-center in the other direction.

[@itsmitko7]

"If you look closely you will see the invisible character" I don't think that's how it works but ok

[@FlyTechVideos]

Use your invisibility detection goggles 😎

[@itsmitko7]

@ILGVARSBOSS I know but it's still invisible so I still can't see it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@itsmitko7]

@ILGVARSBOSS Also a space can't be zero wide, because then you wouldn't have space between the words, soitwouldbelikethis 😂

[@9999-p2m]

@@itsmitko7 unicode has a character called zero-width space

[@ImXyper]

@@9999-p2m u+200B?

[@MarcinKralka]

Task for today: Create 2 folders: "Homework", and "Homework " ;)

[@jazepol]

do you need to put a space on the second one?

[@Rei0SU]

or you could just.. use mega and store it that way

[@unknownaccount4783]

@@Rei0SU why use mega if you can use encrypted archives?

[@patrickspiegel5524]

Роман Белов And don't tell the teacher how to unencrypt.

[@Manidk0]

Oki i do the task :)

[@markusTegelane]

"Look closely, there is a space after the name" How am I supposed to see that?

[@thatotherandrew_]

Look at the green line, it's aligned differently.

[@daniel_2]

0:57

[@d9zirable]

found the casul

[@KPoWasTaken]

@TechnoTrench but you can see the fact that the text is moved back a little in the one with the space you could see a tiny bit of the front of the folder but on the one without the space you douldn't see it in front of the line

[@NCubss]

sir theres a box that shows nothing that is uselssssssssssssssssss\\\ r/wosh me

[@DDbenkoDD]

Loving these videos! I've always loved messing with Windows, it's good to know there's always something new to find!

[@sebmotions]

fly: confuses the file with file **WORLD EXPLODES**

[@MiroslavRD]

*SKIBIDI BOP MM DADA-*

[@kenshir00]

*gibs sounds*

[@yes.2875]

@@kenshir00 Do you know who ate all the donuts at Black Mesa?

[@BestYoutuber893]

@@yes.2875yes it was the police

[@orelfichman779]

I think I became a confused Windows folder

[@howitsdone5581]

Same tho

[@BestYoutuber893]

Lol

[@AbacusManify]

I remember using similar tricks to try and make it harder for the school IT staff to delete Halo PC from the school's network shares... It was a fun arms race. Thanks for the nostalgia hit!

[@BreadyOwO]

Did you got it?

[@CocoTheMii]

When FlyTech uses bold text, you know shit's getting real.

[@angelamcmahon]

"I just want spaces" Said no File System ever.

[@Karrotz3]

I realised: Every new folder he created,there's a "fly.png" picture.

[@HBC101TVStudios]

Because the fly lay their eggs there

[@TIPDYT]

@@HBC101TVStudios XD

[@redstoneee]

ask flytech with his email

[@muellerhans]

At first I was thinking: Still not supporting APNG, huh? Then I saw the video. Lol.

[@DragRedSim]

Funny to see this. I recently had an issue with uninstalling a game through Steam failing to remove the entire folder; it turned out one folder in one piece of DLC had its version number written with a trailing space. (Because of the nature of the game, it needs to keep every version of the DLC installed.) Had to go in and rmdir the folder from the command line with a UNC path.

[@oneup117gaming4]

Alternate title: Confused Confusing Confusion

[@AchmadBadra]

Well explorer.exe got confusiophobia

[@anic1716]

Flytech, idea to next video: Use FSUTIl to create case-sensitive folders. With that you can confuse programs, as some of them doesn't support two files with same name.

[@FlyTechVideos]

Ok, that sounds interesting 👀

[@malwaretestingfan]

Interesting, i want to see this.

[@anic1716]

You can do it like this: fsutil.exe file setCaseSensitiveInfo C:\folder enable

[@honzapat]

I did it because I wanted to build android using WSL, only thing I confused was VS.BTW You might also need some regedit command to even enable to modify this feature. You can find it on WSL github soemthing around android building issue

[@tranthitrungan3685]

ok:)

[@DarkflameAndCloudhawk]

I find it hilarious that the Windows filesystem was too confusing for Windows so they had to use Linux and Linux was totally okay with it

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

That's most likely because the gui-based tools and certain command line tools use different methods to access low level functions. The gui-based methods are more filtered/restricted in what they can do and how they do it. For example, Using the windows file explorer a directory can only be nested so often and the total path length can only be so long. So if you try to work with a folder that is somehow nested within a thousand folders deep structure, the gui-based tool will throw errors and just not work. But if you use for example the robocopy tool, it can handle such folders with no problems, because the actual file system underneath can handle much deeper nested folders and much longer path lengths. WSL and tools like robocopy probably use the same or similar unfiltered apis, amd are thereforeless restricted.

[@FlyTechVideos]

👆 that's what I believe too. Good explanation!

[@PyPylia]

FlyTech and Enderman are basically just showing us weird bugs to hide our "Homework" folder better.

[@Golanhast]

3:05 - Beacuse linux IS TOP!

[@theeggmann6251]

did you mean "great"?

[@Golanhast]

Why not? And... Beacuse or because?)

[@AchmadBadra]

Because linux directly read file table, is different on windows which is not directly to read file table if using windows api to read ntfs.

[@speedystrider9401]

@@Golanhast because

[@fran5678can]

@@Golanhast spelling error

[@philipp04]

4:12 looks like quantum entanglement

[@malwaretestingfan]

I've seen the thumbnail trick somewhere as well, always wondered.

[@anic1716]

I see you everywhere!

[@shanerankings7290]

Anic17 yeah me to

[@yes.2875]

So you must have seen the Minecraft steve going like "Don't click this image" in Discord somewhere?

[@jmvr]

@@anic1716 of course you did; they commented 305 times on this channel alone.

[@cfpwastaken]

Explorer: I lost some brain cells. I am confused

[@LucasDenhof]

"Why does this work?" "Explorer is confused - " Yeah me too buddy

[@dannyhpy_me]

When Linux subsystem in Windows is better than Windows itself...

[@T_nology]

Linux is good tho

[@lordkab00m]

Bruh

[@redstoneee]

windows subsystem for linux not linux subsystem for windows it is inverted

[@BowmakerFox]

Man... after just dealing with Windows tech support this was really therapeutic, thanks

[@percent2520]

5:53 That didn't scare me

[@iEmoz98]

Windows 10 update log : blocked access to create folder with space behind it on every possible way

[@unknownaccount4783]

3:05 - If your shell bypasses MAX_PATH, then it can go to that folder. WSL is bypassing Windows algorithms, so it can go to that folder. If you hack PowerShell to mount that folder as drive via \\?\ and commands, it could work. CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories, but you can with little registry tweaks use dir, type... Also, don't forget about mountvol trick! P.S. some app are shortering dot and space in the end of path, some are not. P.P.S. A great theme for new video: using non-letters as Windows drive letters! (Pro tip: use subst and mountvol)

[@indepth6mobile-official]

Is Æ: fine?

[@madghostek3026]

There was a simmilar bug where windows gets confused about thumbnails, if you had file (maybe shortcut I don't remember) on desktop with thumbnail A, deleted it, then moved a file with same name but thumbnail B to desktop, it will magically change thumbnail to A because cache still holds the old one

[@cgytrus]

Now I'll add this as an easter egg in my game xd

[@nan_cat]

xd

[@lepooperman6827]

what's the name of your game?

[@lepooperman6827]

@nigge r now that's a one hell of a name

[@cgytrus]

@@lepooperman6827 Bouxy

[@gd-ludlulu]

Hey FlyTech! In a few videos, you really teach us things that we will never think of! Go on like this! You teach us how to fly! +1 subs

[@-_-_--__]

5:53 Boo!

[@commander3494]

Haha i also saw it!

[@aprilnya]

Knew exactly what was gonna happen and still shat myself when I clicked the timestamp and saw it

[@timoreo]

AAAAAH !

[@andreyfom-zv3gp]

Ah

[@krishmishra4525]

This is how to hide ur "Homework" folder

[@johnrenanceniaberdigay4334]

FlyTech: **opens image** Computer: **visible confusion**

[@_Nothsa]

The wrong thumbnails thing can be replicated with an APNG. You can use tricks like this in applications like Discord. If you press "Open image in browser", the image changes.

[@Qsie]

This reminds me of "Spooky action at a distance"

[@mubarrathasan]

Bro, At last moment finally confusing the Windows Explorer. I must be need only CMD. Your video is correct.

[@tabby7631]

a new way to hide the real contents of your homework folder and replace the contents with real homework

[@blllk8189]

Vault folder with an image containing an alternate data stream that is a steganographied (?) version of the image which contains a password protected .RAR file.

[@FlyTechVideos]

Inside a Veracrypt container which is forensically hidden, on a hidden partition on the SSD section of an SSHD in a rack of SSHDs in a locked server rack in a highly secured server room in an unknown bunker deep underground in Antarctica. There's no internet or power there.

[@renakunisaki]

And all that's actually stored is trollface.jpg

[@mrybsdev1006]

I: Mum, buy a folder, please Mum: No, we have the folder at home The folder at home:

[@mrybsdev1006]

Кстати, есть ли тут кто из рашки?

[@tt_thoma]

0:13 With HxD, you can change the thumbnail 1:50 The if you try to create the folder "C:\Users\Fly\Doucuments\data\Docs "

[@FAB1150]

Looks like a perfect candidate for a windows escape room

[@kbhasi]

5:55 Is "SpaceyContainer" some kind of app? Earlier on in the video, the demo was inside the Documents folder.

[@FlyTechVideos]

No, I just named the folder like that

[@4.0.4]

I wonder how many exploits/bugs could rely on this alone

[@D.G.M.]

One way to cd into the "Docs " folder in cmd is to use the "dir /X" command to see the DOS-compatible name of the directory and use that instead. These names need to be enabled, of course.

[@joshth647]

I'm going to try this sometime later. Thanks for the video

[@Skyler2.0_Youtube]

video:Music subtitles: [Applause] [Music]

[@LuisTechBoom]

6:09 Thumbs.db file from the other video

[@BreadyOwO]

Also saw it

[@colourfulbees]

I remember smthn similar to that in discord that had to do with the thumbnail and opening the file link

[@rideorhitchhike3347]

Conclusion: UNC paths terribly break the assumptions of Explorer devs. And also, Explorer devs are buffoons who took shortcuts instead of properly validating file paths.

[@haziqsembilanlima]

And that's why I have WSL installed, to resolve any strange bug happening in Windows and how confusing powershell syntax can get (heard it was built for sysadmin in mind but I can't go back after learning Linux Shell) Just a few days ago, a file refused to be deleted even with elevated cmd and even WSL. had to boot to Ubuntu and abuse my root power to delete it, which works. Although, for some reason, after booting back to Windows, the file reappeared but deletable at the very least

[@FlyTechVideos]

You might have run into an NTFS limitation, obviously not even WSL can override file system issues

[@haziqsembilanlima]

@@FlyTechVideos probably. that one particular file has some kind of owner level that elevated cmd cant even delete it. probably its permission and owner info was corrupted or probably something similar happened in your video happened here, since after I deleted the problematic file in Ubuntu and confirmed it no longer exist, the file reappeared in Windows but deleteable. anyways, that's Windows 10 for all of us. I'm no longer surprised XD and the decision to start dual boot with Ubuntu as primary OS right after I am dissatisfied that build 10240 becomes RTM is definitely worth it.

[@MerlinDerMagier]

If there‘s one thing Windows is better at than macOS and Linux, it‘s bugs.

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Windows has the best bugs

[@ArsenTech]

Very Amazing and Interesting Video!

[@hoangluongviet1327]

You can still see the hidden folders in the spaced folder if you use UNC paths

[@ishikani]

Thanks, now I know where to hide my homework folder.

[@lascha2nd199]

Me: **confused thinking and screaming**

[@BreadyOwO]

"Docs" affects to "Docs" too Me: wait what

[@laxmiinaxizaby2206]

Does this low my computer performance, or something? I want to try this, and, Can I delete these folders after?

[@andybirchleg8874]

Fun fact: (if you have a slow PC you know what I'm talking about) when you go in fullscreen mode for an app, then theres a couple of frames when the old UI for apps shows up

[@ambreiaju]

Works best in Chrome and the new Edge. That is the basic aero theme from windows 7!

[@PriyaBTimeComedy]

OH MY ROUND THIS IS THE TECHEST WINDOWS `10 VIDSHIO!

[@MikeyMandFluffyMainProductions]

Was this on your host machine, or at least safe for a host machine??? Just wondering

[@YeahhColix]

it was a vm

[@y00d]

logic_sense.dll is corrupted and unreadable. Reinstalling the program might fix the problem.

[@Korn-176]

Click here and play on 0.25x speed → 5:52

[@drunken-panda]

Didn't understand anything but it was fun to watch! 😀

[@dawidsz56]

5:53 Easter egg : _Boo!_

[@kayleighmoore6951]

Me when seeing the title: OK, so the folders are literally confused

[@tt_thoma]

5:03 Picture tools ???

[@_-noxxon-_]

but... how to delete the "Docs " folder?

[@meraak1]

oo dis music be a vibe doe... yuuhh ayee yuuuhh ayee yuuhh ayyee....

[@shartbutter]

Hey! I used your fly tech emerald armour plugins! One problem, it does not change the protection at all. Nothing. But still cool!

[@FlyTechVideos]

I don't know what exactly you're talking about, I didn't make any plugins for anything :O

[@shartbutter]

@@FlyTechVideos maybe someone stole your name then? Not sure..

[@cookievideomaker4042]

I GOT THE NOTIFICATION BUT I MISSED THE PREMIERE WTF

[@oa51s50]

yall know what the boys doing with this

[@BlueSusAmigosYT]

This is just *E P I C*

[@hl5217]

Thank you. Now my nightmares come real.

[@korbloxking552]

My progress bar went outside the video, is this bad or natural?

[@renakunisaki]

Reminds me of Windows 3.1 when an unzip program created a file with a space in its name, then nothing could touch it.

[@giannivalentini9633persona]

i have a question: what's the file *debug.log?*

[@hquanngd]

"Windows always want to make folder mysterious to normal user, but in fact they just glue shit together" - me

[@lilmarionscorner]

Is -6:41 is the starting point

[@lilmarionscorner]

What are you talking about?

[@ChromiaCat]

Maybe next up you could showcase the trick to hide data in images, or it sounds boring?

[@FlyTechVideos]

Will do that, it's just that it requires some more preparation and I don't have time for that right now

[@pravinrao3669]

edit images in notepad. If you know which character correspond to which data then image would look same in a image viewer.

[@FlyTechVideos]

Use a hex editor!

[@ChromiaCat]

@@FlyTechVideos Isn't this harder than using programs designed for this?

[@alexandermcclure6185]

Even better: Make several files, each with its own combination of ZWNJs in it. (ZWNJ stands for Zero-Width Non-Joiner, and its Unicode value is 200C.) Does that confuse Windows too?

[@backogd]

just tried that and now i have a folder that i can't delete. you know, i'm something of a genius myself.

[@yqnnis]

i need some help, i need to delete something but its missing like the trick you showed, how do i force delete it ?

[@FlyTechVideos]

just like you created

[@jlhohbein2100]

How do you let wsl access your windows folders

[@rodiarachmaninoff]

a picture with 0 bytes is impossible

[@Perfectly_Luminous]

So now I'm wondering if there's a way to hide stuff without it being suspicious. I dont exactly mean hiding the other folder. 1) I always have hidden items turned on and 2) I need a way to easily reach the folder to unlock the hidden one.

[@dylanharding5720]

Check 3:45

[@unknownaccount4783]

Use archives

[@Battlecry45]

watching these videos I get the feeling that windows is just held together by duct tape

[@andreisurubaru6389]

Hey, Flytech, what Linux distro are you using for WSL?

[@FlyTechVideos]

Ubuntu, but i am using WSL very rarely

[@andreisurubaru6389]

Can you put download link please? My computer is outside and cannot download from MS Store. If not tell me how to get color like in Ubuntu on Debian

[@srpcdgaming]

FlyTech Videos, If I create a rar and a folder with the same file name, will I be able to modify the rar file from explorer?

[@FlyTechVideos]

No

[@shdon]

I just tried creating a directory "\\?\D:\ " and I was suprised to see that that worked. Double-clicking it in Explorer gave me another view of the D: drive (because the path is "D:\ ". Then double-clicking it again gets me into the empty folder (because there is an extra path delimiter now, at "D:\ \"). What's happening is completely logical, but man is that weird.

[@52.yusrilihsanadinatanegar79]

My tech brain go HURT HURT

[@shinz3f778]

Ah yes perfect for Videos and videos

[@tootalldan5702]

Liked and shared. Now can you use MKLINK to the folder and call it LPT1 or CON and see what happens? Lol

[@unknownaccount4783]

I think it would say Element not fojnd. Because I SUBSTed to unusable folder once.

[@enderspirit5238]

Conclusion: Windows is a mess

[@SirNarax]

Anything of its' size would be.

[@nathanb011]

Narax You sure about that bud?

[@turnernator100]

Windows are broken.

[@BreadyOwO]

Windows 10: **have so much mess with 2 files named Docs** Windows XP: hah, I have way better control over this 2 files than windows 10 lol

[@rohanofelvenpower5566]

Im a little confused what can I do with this?

[@splendidpolo]

This is an embarrassment for windows powershell against Linux bash.

[@FlyTechVideos]

Linux WSL is not restricted by Windows limitations, while Powershell was "carefully"(?) designed to respect and enforce those

[@MaxDiscere]

man you're really destroying file shredders reputation here

[@ugliestfatcat]

This is the perfect way to rick roll someone.

[@Bluey.Music2]

スペースのある「Chugginton 」とスペースのない「Chugginton」の2つのフォルダを作成しました

[@loominatrx]

thank you for the information, now i can rickroll someone with that

[@BreadyOwO]

._.

[@PatchyE]

Folders ending with dots (.) have some similar weird behaviors. At least that is how it was a few years ago, don't know how it is now with windows 10.

[@MatthewTehSpartanUpdated]

so you made bluescreen simulator?