2009/1/28 Alexei Vinidiktov <alexei.vinidik...@gmail.com>: > 2009/1/28 Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>: >> >> "Alexei Vinidiktov" <alexei.vinidik...@gmail.com> wrote >> >>> I've conducted another experiment. I created several text files with a >>> Notepad that contained text 'alia' in their names and none of them >>> were visible after I had saved them to the disc. >> >> Now that is strange! Does "alia" mean something in your local language >> (assuming its not English!)? I'm not aware of XP hiding files based on >> filename, it is certainly odd. >> > > No, I'm afraid "alia" doesn't mean anything in Russian. > > I'm going to run a virus check of the system, and then check the disk > for errors with CHKDSK, and then I'll let you know how it went off. >
OK. I got it sorted out. I had a trojan on my system which hid all the files whose names started with 'ali'. Thanks for your help, Alan and Kent. -- Alexei Vinidiktov _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
