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How can I create a hard link to a directory in Windows? [duplicate]
A comment at How to create a directory hard link in Windows? states it is "technically possible" to create a hard link to a directory, but so far I have not found anything about how to ...
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Why is 1024 Cluster Size with blank drive being shown while querying WMIC for available drives?
I wanted to know cluster sizes for my flash drive (ExFAT), and I followed the useful answer here:
https://superuser.com/a/1358598/602756
Here is output of cmd: wmic volume get driveletter,blocksize
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Which Unicode characters cannot be used for NTFS file names?
Typically, my programs are creating files with Extended Latin, CJK or Arabic characters in file names without issues and according to input data.
I was under impression that only officially named ...
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How to copy folder with multiple identical file names
I have an encapsulated Windows 10 Kiosk system that creates/provides reports on external USB storage devices (NTFS). Unfortunately there's not a lot I can say about this system as it is fairly well ...
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Fastest way on Windows to copy 38GB of files to 50 USB drives
If I were doing this, on linux or Mac, I would
make an NTFS RAM drive
mount it
copy the 38GB folder hierarchy to it
save the RAM drive to disk
insert a USB drive
determine the name of the raw device ...
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volume shadow copy, used space by folder
When creating a volume shadow copy of a drive, e.g. by calling wmic shadowcopy call create Volume=c:\, a snapshot of all files is stored in the "System Volume Information" folder.
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Why does my Bitlocked External HDD go read-only after I unlock it?
Windows 10, AD-managed environment, WD My Passport external.
We had a new external HDD enter circulation, which per policy has to be bitlocked. This being new, policy is also that it be fully ...
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Reset NTFS permissions to factory default on entire system partition?
I'm having occasional problems with NTFS permissions on a Windows 10 PC, especially when installing programs.
I guess it started when I created a new user for myself some time ago and deleted my old ...
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Invisible file on Windows NTFS disk [duplicate]
On a windows 10 Home system there is a file which does not appear to have any name. It does not appear in either Explorer or with the dir command. Macrium backup tells me (using the total amount ...
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Will restoring Windows 10 from restore image destroy Linux ext4 partitions?
Reinstalling various Linux systems I have affected the efi partition that was used by all systems of the same drive, including Windows.
Restoring Windows from a restore point doesn't work but I have a ...
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Running an executable that has been hidden using alternative data streams prompts me to select a default application
Here is a screenshot of the commands I ran and the response I got:
In a way I'm trying to combine both the server.exe file and the game.exe file using ads(alternative data streams). Then calling on ...
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Some files cannot be deleted/modified in Far Manager
I have Windows 10 machines where Far Manager started acting weird some weeks ago. In several folders, Far is unable to modify/delete files, which were not created by it. I have checked file attributes,...
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Windows 10 Administrator group members lost their rights
On a windows 10 laptop Administrators group memebers, (except one) lost their administrator rights. Meaning cannot access file system even those that are allowed for Users.
Effective rights shows full ...
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New files not being compressed in a compressed folder in Windows 10 [closed]
After marking folder as compressed in Windows 10, new files are not being compressed.
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create a folder on your desktop and then right click -> properties -> advanced -> enable "...
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Frequent file corruption but HDD passes all tests
My laptop (MSI GL63-8RD) has a 1 TB HDD with NTFS partitions. OS is on SSD.
My code files keep on getting garbage data in them or they just vanish.
I ran chkdsk /f /r /x on the volume, which deletes ...
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