[Esd-l] defanged files will open on win2k

[Simon Matthews]

Should we tell the nine (?) states' attorneys about this? Do they allow 
competing products to put the same hooks into the OS? 

Simon

On 
Fri, 11 Jan 2002, John D. Hardin wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Sergio Cesar wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps I need to learn more about how windows2000 associates
> > files but just double clicking on a defanged doc file MSWord from
> > office 2000 will open the file.
> 
> I think the OS is looking for file magic for Office file types.
> 
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