File not shown in Explorer?

Hi,

The Remode Desktop Client, mstsc.exe, shows up with the DIR command in a
console:

dir %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\mstsc.exe

You can also run it from Start -> Run.

However, when you browse %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 with Explorer, the file
does not show up! What could be going on?

(The file is not hidden or system, see "attrib
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\mstsc.exe", but my explorer is configured to show
those files anyway.)

Greetings,
Wessel

Charlie
Sun Oct 02 13:28:52 CDT 2005

You wouldn't, by any chance, be running the 32-bit version of Explorer in
order to get your right mouse clicks working, would you? If so, that would
explain it -- 32-bit applications see the syswow64 folder as if it were the
system32 folder.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Wessel Troost wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Remode Desktop Client, mstsc.exe, shows up with the DIR command in a
> console:
>
> dir %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\mstsc.exe
>
> You can also run it from Start -> Run.
>
> However, when you browse %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 with Explorer, the file
> does not show up! What could be going on?
>
> (The file is not hidden or system, see "attrib
> %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\mstsc.exe", but my explorer is configured to show
> those files anyway.)
>
> Greetings,
> Wessel

Wessel
Tue Oct 04 04:54:24 CDT 2005

> You wouldn't, by any chance, be running the 32-bit version of Explorer in
> order to get your right mouse clicks working, would you? If so, that
> would
> explain it -- 32-bit applications see the syswow64 folder as if it were
> the
> system32 folder.
>
Hi Charlie,

Turns out that the Windows key + E, which is the way I always start
explorer, boots up the 32-bits version instead!

Thanks for your great help.

Greetings,
Wessel

Charlie
Tue Oct 04 10:30:46 CDT 2005

Ah, well, this ancient Northgate keyboard wouldn't have one of those, so I
wouldn't know. ;) But I'd recommend not using the 32-bit Explorer for most
things, just because of the difference of how it sees the file system.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Wessel Troost wrote:
>> You wouldn't, by any chance, be running the 32-bit version of Explorer in
>> order to get your right mouse clicks working, would you? If so, that
>> would
>> explain it -- 32-bit applications see the syswow64 folder as if it were
>> the
>> system32 folder.
>>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> Turns out that the Windows key + E, which is the way I always start
> explorer, boots up the 32-bits version instead!
>
> Thanks for your great help.
>
> Greetings,
> Wessel