Saxon Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, jaclaz said: Sure, .ini is one of the known excutable extensions by default, together with .txt and .csv. Come on .... jaclaz I'm sorry, I'm confused, let's say someone copies this fake boot with italics, and it will work? I mean, will it be recognised as an extension? Please explain. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 (edited) What jumper posted is actually something like (without the spaces) this: b o o t [ i ] . [ / i ] i n i the part inside the square brackets is what tells the board software that the dot between the two sets of square brackets is to be rendered as italic. Just like you do not see the square brackets, when you copy and paste you do not have them. In any case that is just a string and you cannot execute a string, the file with that name is a plain text configuration file and anyway it is never executed, the lines inside that file are parsed and then IF valid, used as parameters for the use of NTLDR (and the parser is quite strict). A file name is NEVER executed, and even IF it was a file, a .ini file is NOT executed. In DOS/WINDOWS the extension (what is after the dot in file names) is a way to identify a file type and take actions depending on it. jaclaz Edited February 8 by jaclaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNH Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) boot.ini dot's color is arbitrarily set to black Edited February 8 by TSNH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 (edited) Sure, that would be: boot[ color = #000000].[ / color]ini Edited February 8 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 16 hours ago, jaclaz said: What jumper posted is actually something like (without the spaces) this: b o o t [ i ] . [ / i ] i n i Will it work like in this case, then? That is what I meant. Will the italics written dot be accepted? Will such script be executed without troubles? On the other hand, I know, the formatting will be lost, but what if someone doesn't use the simple Windows notepad? https://superuser.com/questions/180475/add-option-to-boot-ini-with-batch 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 There is no script? If a formatting attribute is *somehow* kept, and the hypothetical script is a batch script, the CMD interpreter will remove the attribute. Create a (say) new MS Word document, copy and paste in it: ECHO boot.ini here the BOOT is italics bold, the dot is red, the INI is underlined red. When you paste it in a "rich" text editor these characteristics will be kept. Now open a command prompt and paste again in it, and press ENTER. The CMD strips the attributes (actually it is the clipboard that pastes only the text, I believe) The script, on the other hand needs to be a plain text file, with extension either .BAT (wrong) or .CMD (right) other formats (i.e. those that can keep the formatting) won't be parsed correctly an throw an error jaclaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 2/4/2024 at 7:28 PM, XPerceniol said: in the 80's when I was a teen growing up I think we have found a possible cause of our mutual problems. On 2/4/2024 at 7:28 PM, XPerceniol said: Please, just don't tell me Disco is out of style I still have my Bee Gees LP's. Now we are really getting to the root of our issues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Still a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 boot.iniwhat browser do you all use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 You missed the space after ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 3 hours ago, jumper said: You missed the space after ini. It removes the space itself, it's not me, when I click post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) You're right, doesn't work. Edited April 21 by Klemper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cixert Posted Wednesday at 04:19 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:19 AM Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource. " The worst of all, is that after writing a long message with the phrase "Boot .ini" there is no possibility of recovering the message, everything written is erased forever . The problem also happens if I edit a post and in the edition I add or modify an URL link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted Wednesday at 06:34 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:34 AM (edited) So I can erase a post by editing it to include boot . Ini? Edit to follow.... So editing does not affect the original post. Only the changes are lost as the Submit button gets stuck on Saving... Edited Wednesday at 06:39 AM by jumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted Wednesday at 06:46 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:46 AM 2 hours ago, Cixert said: The worst of all, is that after writing a long message with the phrase "Boot .ini" there is no possibility of recovering the message, everything written is erased forever Actually when I reload the page and click in the reply box, my previous text is restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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