Windows Folder Extensions

Intro

Well you all know about file extensions and what they mean etc... But have you heard about a Folder Extension ? I suppose not. Windows has some set of pretty extraordinary extensions for folders, to mark them as something different. Read more to get what I mean...


List of extensions


* .{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Control Panel

* .{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE} Desktop

* .{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} Recycle Bin

* .{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} My Computer

* .{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} Network

* .{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} Printer

* .{25336920-03F9-11CF-8FD0-00AA00686F13} HTML Document

* .{0003000D-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Wave File

* .{00022602-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Video Clip

* .{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Makes it a file



What to do?

Make a New folder and name it something. Now when you rename add one of the following extension to it. (ie Append the .{XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXX} to the end of the folder name just as adding an extension to a file) and see the changes.

** Try these on a blank folder or a folder that contains nothing important!

Tested on Windows XP, you are welcome to comment about success or failure on other Windows OS's .... This method can be used to hide/protect important folders.. ;)