From ecfa2d3da00760ff89f0422531bdeebe66281249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Stoeckli Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:26:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3f5e7ac..771fe61 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ This extension adds a context menu, which can copy the paths of the selected fil This extension makes it easy to open tools like the Command Line or Power Shell. It is possible to add user defined menu entries which can open other tools, or go to certain locations. +## Show and delete alternative data streams (ADS) + +Alternative data streams are hidden parts, which can be added to a file or directory on the NTFS file system. They don't show up in the explorer and wont be represented in the file size. The most common use case of ADS are added zone informations of downloaded files, so Windows knows where they came from and that they are potentially unsafe. But also malware can try to hide its information in an ADS and load it from there if needed, to avoid detection. ExplorerGenie makes it simple to find those ADS, export them to standalone files for examination and to delete them. + +![OptionsAds](screenshots/explorergenie_datastream.png) + +## Create symbolic links + +Windows 11 comes with a handy feature in the Explorer, to create links to other folders. Such linked folders become part of the folder tree and can be handled the same way, but they are actually referring to a foreign directory. This is useful whenever you want to keep data in one directory up to date and consuming it in multiple other directories. With ExplorerGenie such symbolic links can now also be created in Windows 10. + ## Calculate file hashes ExplorerGenie can calculate some well-known hashes for the selected files, the list includes the algorithms MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160.