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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: Mike N.
date: 2004-10-02 07:25:42
subject: Re: XP Pro, XP Home, Now XP Dumb?

From: Mike N. 

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:06:32 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>f you create a text file C:\bob.txt and put some text in
>it then put a shortcut to it on your desktop, now go back and rename the file
>to george.txt then go click on the shortcut. It opens the file, that's because
>files have ID numbers for identification instead of using the filename.

  For this example, I believe Explorer installs a filesystem hook that
detects the rename and updates its internal link so that the shortcut remains valid.

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