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		robertlagrant on July 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Embedding an EXE inside a .REG file with automatic... > Why should file extensions be a thing? The problem is Windows does different things with files based on their extension, and hides their extension by default. Linux does neither.

323 on July 28, 2022 [–]

What happens when you double click a .png file on Linux? It's exactly like Windows, it reads the extension and finds the associated app.

I know you meant +x, but that is limited to only some files.

robertlagrant on Aug 1, 2022 | [–]

Yes, you're right. Sloppy writing by me. Thanks for the cleanup!

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