sdy284 Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 (edited) Ok, i have some files that i dont want anybody else to look at, so what ive been doing is using WinRar to rar them all into a single, compressed file, then i renamed the winrar file, for example...It was Config.rar then i renamed to to Config.dat This would make it look like a system file and nobody that used my computer would think twice about looking @ it. Then when i wanted to use it, i would just rename it back to .rar and everything would b fine. Well one time i was messing with what extension to use, and i used .cnf and i didn't really think anything of it, until i tried renaming it back to .rar, and nothing happens, it just does what is shown in the attached pic...so how do i get my files back??? If you guys want to try this, just create a rar or zip file with a few text files or somethin, and rename that zip file something.cnf, and try to recover your files.....thanks ALOT in advance Edited October 4, 2004 by sdy284 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 go into winrar.. and go to open archive.. and find that file.. and you will be fine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 (edited) ASUS FOR PRESIDENT!!! thanks alot man check out my sig Edited October 4, 2004 by sdy284 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 lol.. thanks.. i have done that many times.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 hehe, no problem...done what many times? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 ASUS FOR PRESIDENT!!! thanks alot man check out my sig i dunno about voting him pres for that . You can always open a file that's "supposed" to be open by a program regardless of the extension. I used to save all my word files with different extensions dependings on what they were for....sort of like a categorization without making tons of folders. Also you may not be able to change it back if you don't have the proper authorization. Go to folder options and make sure you have show extensions and show system files on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 (edited) i do have show system files, and show file extensions...and dont worry, i'm not votin for asus But thats cool though clay...i didn't know you could do that (the extention thing) Edited October 4, 2004 by sdy284 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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