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I have a file on my Windows 7 machine with the attributes of HX. I understand H means hidden, but what does X mean?

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  • Do you have BitLocker enabled on the machine? – jcrawfordor Dec 31 '10 at 03:34
  • Pretty sure it means extended based upon a random conversation I had years ago. But I only found 1 reference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes – Dave Jun 22 '19 at 13:13

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I don't have a Windows 7 machine handy, but try asking for help on attrib:

attrib /?

On Windows XP, all the attribute letters are listed in the help.

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  • This also works on Windows 7 but it doesn't show an x – Joe Taylor Nov 22 '10 at 16:54
  • attrib only shows the four base attributes: RASH – PhiLho May 12 '11 at 11:16
  • The `attrib` that you use may not; [better `attrib`s](http://jpsoft.com./help/attrib.htm) show a lot more, however. – JdeBP Jul 08 '11 at 09:55
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    No, the "X" attribute displayed in Windows Explorer is **not the same** as the "X" displayed in "attrib" command. Explorer's "X" attribute is the reserved "Device" attribute (bit 6, if using zero-based indexing); "attrib" command's "X" is No Scrub (bit 17) which is a new attribute introduced in Windows 8 / Server 2012. – Explorer09 Sep 29 '16 at 04:44
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There are no such attribute specification about X in attrib. check about attrib on wikipidea ..

I got something informative about this from stackover flow question. follow this

the file had the HX attributes set in place); however, the attribute approach lead me nowhere, as I can't find any documented feature on the existence of a file attribute X.

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Niranjan Singh
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I can't add comment, and this is not so much of an answer. Please visit my question regarding file attribute X on stackoverflow.

Short answer: the file has attribute FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE 64 (0x40) (link).

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