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#1: Feb 20 '07
Hi, this is upadesh.
When we double click a folder then the contents of that folder will be displayed.
In this context explorer.exe will be executed to display the result.My question is that------From where explorer.exe is getting this information i.e which folder contains which files.

If it is getting this information from a FAT table what is the format of the FAT table i.e How, the details abt which folder contains what files are stored???

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#2: Feb 20 '07

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Originally Posted by upadesh

Hi, this is upadesh.
When we double click a folder then the contents of that folder will be displayed.
In this context explorer.exe will be executed to display the result.My question is that------From where explorer.exe is getting this information i.e which folder contains which files.

If it is getting this information from a FAT table what is the format of the FAT table i.e How, the details abt which folder contains what files are stored???

Here is a descrition from Microsoft.
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#3: Feb 20 '07

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NOTE: Microsoft Windows 2000 only supports FAT32 partitions up to a size of 32 GB.

Interesting info, thanks Barton!
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#4: Feb 22 '07

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Originally Posted by Cyberdyne

NOTE: Microsoft Windows 2000 only supports FAT32 partitions up to a size of 32 GB.

Interesting info, thanks Barton!

Hi thanks for u r response.Suppose a folder by name "project" is having another folder by name "code" and a file by name "sample.exe".My question is that from where this information is fetched by the explorer.exe.Whether there is any table like thing having folder name and the list of all its contents by its side.
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#5: Feb 26 '07

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Originally Posted by upadesh

Hi thanks for u r response.Suppose a folder by name "project" is having another folder by name "code" and a file by name "sample.exe".My question is that from where this information is fetched by the explorer.exe.Whether there is any table like thing having folder name and the list of all its contents by its side.

The information about folder security is located in the MFT (Master File Table). This is a section of the hard drive that holds the infromation on where the folders are located and what security settings that are applied to them.
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