Case Study 2 - Windows
Imagine how much nicer Windows could be if Explorer actually worked…
Part of the file system viewers case study.
This error appeared every time I inserted an audio CD into the PC; I have no idea what it is on about:
The following error arose if I then attempted to play the audio CD from Explorer (double-click or File > Play). I know what is really wrong (a damaged N/A
Folder Options setting) but even so, it is still a dumb message.
Apparently, the following CD has free space on it:
(I guess it is multi-session but it is still funny)
The Properties window for the Downloads shortcut on my desktop is broken. If I click Find Target, instead of the Downloads folder appearing, I get a search window instead. Thereafter, none of OK, Cancel or the close box will get rid of the Properties dialog until I switch tabs a few times. And you can see what a mess the tabs get themselves into:
Even weirder, this problem is still there many months later. The shortcut works fine otherwise.
In the following picture, DVD-ROM drive E contains a DVD according to one window and a CD according to the other (Files Currently on the CD
):
That said, Explorer is convinced that I have inserted a 4 gigabyte volume into a CD drive
:
The next one stuns me. Apparently, Explorer believes that text files can be malicious and kept warning me every time I tried to open one:
Even ones that I had just created myself. It also believes that 192.* addresses constitute part of the Internet, so there you have it.
In the next screenshot, I had just moved a bunch of files from the current window to a child window. Explorer was reluctant to clear up after itself:
While marshalling a section of my screenshots collection, Explorer randomly showed a bunch of folders as Notepad files:
I took a screenshot of this (naturally), so it turned all the folder icons into thumbnails of the new screenshot! I do not know what gets into Explorer sometimes.
