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== Clouds easter egg ==
== Clouds easter egg ==
There is a hidden easter egg found in Windows 95 and [[Windows NT 4.0]]. It is implemented in <code>SHELL32.DLL</code>, and the steps to show it are much like in Windows NT 4.0: create a new folder, name it <code>New Folder</code>, rename it to <code>and now, the moment you've all been waiting for</code>, rename again to <code>we proudly present for your viewing pleasure</code>, rename finally to <code>The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!</code>, open folder. ("NT" was replaced by "95")
There is a hidden easter egg, which can be accessed by creating a new folder and renaming it to each of the following names in order:
* and now, the moment you've all been waiting for
* we proudly present for your viewing pleasure
* The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!


The text is in <code>SHELL32.DLL</code>'s resource <code>BIN</code> and XORed with <code>0x95</code> as an obfuscation measure.
Opening the folder after the last rename opens an [[File Explorer|Explorer]] window, although the file list area is replaced with an animation of names of people involved in the development of Windows 95 on a blue cloudy background with MIDI music playing in the background.


For similar reasons, the easter egg folder names are stored in the <code>.text</code> section of <code>SHELL32.DLL</code> as custom hashes of the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name.
The text is located in the library's resource <code>BIN</code> and XORed with <code>0x95</code> as an obfuscation measure. Likewise, the easter egg folder names are stored in the <code>.text</code> section of <code>SHELL32.DLL</code> as custom hashes of the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name.


== List of known builds ==
== List of known builds ==
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