Windows 10: Windows applications file dialog file type filtering is infuriating

This issue has been posed many times here and I have not found a satisfactory answer. Then all of the threads are locked. Having just switched to windows from macOS I am finding windows explorer to be very lacking. One such issue is the behavior in all open and save dialogs, regardless of application, to filter the view to display only the files of a type that match the selected open or save type. Many applications are capable of reading and writing multiple file types. This is disorienting and extremely unhelpful. The default behavior obviously bewildering and unpopular with users. At least a

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FTP server - with file management/filtering ability

I've been looking (with not much success) to find an FTP server with the following features:

1./ Be able to filter file extensions, (e.g. *.pdf) and/or
2./ Be able to filter by filename using file wildcards, (e.g. X*.*, or Readme*.*)

Why?
Because I would like to give a number of people access to a folder, called, say, "database" and subfolders. Clients need to be able to "read only" the directory and sub-folders and SOME files. Whereas employees I want to be able to read and edit ALL files.

I only want the clients to be able to see files that are for their eyes, and not work in progress, or invoice/contract data, etc. For example, .pdf files they could see, but the source files, .doc, I dont want them to have access to. PLUS, if there are files I don't want them to see, e.g. files beginning with an "X", then they are not visible to the client.

Unfortunately, every FTP server seems to have directory rights, but NO features for filename/extension filtering. There must be such FTP servers... but I haven't found one yet.

Can you suggest one? Alternatively, what is the BEST FTP software you have found... and I will approach the developer to add a simple file filter to the FTP server.

 

Recent File List

Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file1

Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file2
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file3
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file4
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file5
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file6
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file7
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file8
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file9
...

you get the idea. ( too lazy to put it in a for loop and test it.

or just open regedit and remove all the fileX from that key.

 

Windows XP file encryption

LOL thanks, I think its standard windows XP file encryption