Jose wrote in news:mcCbf.9842$Lv.2337
@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net:

This affects .shb, .url, .lnk, .pif, .scf, and .shs.

It affects quite a few others too. It's not a bug. It's deliberate on
Microsoft's part. I found this out by accident
Snipola of discovery story

Furthermore, the operating system will re-super-hide these extensions
every now and then. Keep checking the registry for NeverShowExt. It
will return. Sometimes. Probably with every bug-fix and security update
they put out.
Snipola

Well, if .lnk ever gets re-hidden I'll know it immediately by my
shortcut icon descriptions. The others I may have to specifically
check for.

Brian
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