Managing NTFS alternate streams
In addition to NTFS permissions, Windows also tracks what is known as alternate streams regarding files. These alternate streams help identify where a file is originally from and what type of additional security to place on it.
In this recipe we will view the data streams on a file and unblock the file to allow full access.
Getting ready
One of the most common uses of alternate streams is when downloading files from the Internet. Windows will automatically tag these files and apply additional security when they are accessed. To access the files normally, you have to unblock the file.
For this recipe we will be downloading the WMF 3.0 Release Note
s.docx file from http://download.microsoft.com. We will then use this file to review and change the data streams. Any other file downloaded from the Internet will work here as well.
How to do it...
Perform the following steps to manage NTFS alternate streams:
Open Internet Explorer and browse to http://download.microsoft...
