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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 <code>clouds.mid</code> playing in the background. This MIDI file is also subsequently added to the <code>WINDOWS\MEDIA</code> directory upon launching the Easter egg.
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 <code>clouds.mid</code> playing in the background. This MIDI file is also subsequently added to the <code>WINDOWS\MEDIA</code> directory upon launching the Easter egg.


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.
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.


This easter egg is also present in [[Windows NT 4.0]], with references to "95" being replaced with "NT".
This Easter egg is also present in [[Windows NT 4.0]], with references to "95" being replaced with "NT".


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