EWA shows hidden folders and videos

[Asher]

I've set up EWA for the very first time (Build 82) and it's awesome! I wish I'd done it sooner and can't believe it's not used by more people.

Something a little odd though:

I have a hidden folder in my video library.
It doesn't show up in GBPVR, but it does show up in EWA.

More precisely:

- In GBPVR hidden folders are not displayed at all (so their contents are also unreachable)
- In EWA, hidden folders are shown
- Hidden video files are shown and can be streamed downloaded or played.
- Hidden image files are not displayed in EWA.

Seems like a minor bug?

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Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) | GBPVR 1.4.7 | EWA Build 82
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[UncleJohnsBand]

I've set up EWA for the very first time (Build 82) and it's awesome! I wish I'd done it sooner and can't believe it's not used by more people.

Something a little odd though:

I have a hidden folder in my video library.
It doesn't show up in GBPVR, but it does show up in EWA.

More precisely:

- In GBPVR hidden folders are not displayed at all (so their contents are also unreachable)
- In EWA, hidden folders are shown
- Hidden video files are shown and can be streamed downloaded or played.
- Hidden image files are not displayed in EWA.

Seems like a minor bug?

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Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) | GBPVR 1.4.7 | EWA Build 82
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I'll look into it and see what I can find.....but EWA is just using the standard .Net framework for pulling in folders and files and there is no difference in the load from video to picture so I am not sure why something would show in one and not the other.

[UncleJohnsBand]

See the interesting Windows behavior demonstrated below......although 30 Rock and Fringe are hidden folders they still show on the left hand pane of explorer....however.....when you are sitting on the root the righ-hand pane does not show the folder in the list of folders.....Never noticed this before in Windows.

There is an XP as well as W7 shot.....so it's been there for a while. The XP shot I have show hidden and system files to true and on W7 I do not have that set.....

As for EWA....I am guessing it is using the same explorer calls that Explorer is using....I'll talk to sub and see if he does anything special to filter out hidden folders and files.

[psycik]

There might be some qualifiers on Directory.GetFiles for different attributed files.

[UncleJohnsBand]

There might be some qualifiers on Directory.GetFiles for different attributed files.

I have the fix and I know why it was coded as is......it is using the Directory.GetDirectories method which returns a string array of directories.....but you do not know whether or not they are hidden or system....so I am testing (when I get home....can't access remote....can just code).....reading attributes via DirectoryInfo.Attributes for each directory found and see if it is hidden or system (same for files).

The big thing will be what type of performance hit is taken.

[Asher]

I have the fix and I know why it was coded as is...

Wow! fast!

I currently have win explorer set to show hidden and system files, I didn't think about changing that to see what the impact was on EWA (if any).

I thought I'd mention it on here simply because I was intrigued that there was a difference between GBPVR and EWA and that hidden image files were not displayed, while hidden video files were.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Try the attached patch and let me know how it works. Seems to work fine on drives that are windows based.....my NAS doesn't let me set a hidden attribute so those files are always visible.

This should now be hiding any hidden or system files.

Report back your findings.