Questions tagged [fsutil]
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Perform fsutil command always reports "The parameter is incorrect" in Win11
I met a Win11 update problem with 0x80071a91 error code. And I did some research from internet. In all the solutions, the first solution is always to reset the FSRM service. But when I perform the ...
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Can a directory junction in a trusted folder be a trusted mount point in Windows 11?
For example, I have a home directory c:\users\me.
Inside that, I have c:\users\me\Dropbox.
I also have a junction c:\users\me\Cloud -> c:\users\me\Dropbox to indicate that my current Cloud provider ...
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Fsutil usn queryJournal works on root (f:) volume but not on the child folders - Access denied
On windows server 2016 trying to execute
fsutil usn queryJournal f:\demo
but keep getting
Error: Access denied
However same command agains root volume f:
fsutil usn queryJournal f:
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How can I determine the file system of a given drive letter from a Windows 10 NON-ADMIN cmd.exe?
I want to run this command and capture the output:
fsutil fsinfo volumeInfo C:
But unless I open a cmd.exe manually "as administrator", it won't execute the command for some absurd reason. ...
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A few questions on command "fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify"
This command outputs the following text:
NTFS DisableDeleteNotify = 0
ReFS DisableDeleteNotify = 0
I have two SSD drives. Both are on NTFS.
Question 1. How to understand which line is responsible for ...
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Setting folder as case-sensitive with fsutil.exe file doesn't work
I am trying to make the folder case-sensitive on Windows 10 following one of the many tutorials using fsutil.exe: How to Enable or Disable Case Sensitive Attribute for Folders in Windows 10
First I ...
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Chkdsk Stage 3 Error but "Chkdsk /f" Fails to Execute Repair at Windows Restart
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I have a volume corruption: Specifically, it is a chkdsk Stage 3 Error. At stage 3, Chkdsk verifies Security Descriptors and USN Journals. However, chkdsk /f repair fails to run at Windows ...
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What does the command "fsutil file createnew" really do?
In the Windows OS command line, when I need to quickly create a file of arbitrary size, I use the command:
fsutil file createnew <filename> <size_in_bytes>
I recently created a 100GB file ...
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Is "fsutil behavior query mftzone" for all partitions in Windows 8.1 64-bit?
I have 2 HDDs and 5 partitions in them, and I can't find this question answered on DuckDuckGo, Google nor Microsoft; the command doesn't allow to specify a drive letter, so I suppose is for all ...
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File NOT set as sparse but sparse attribute is seen set on windows explorer
There is a test file in windows machine where it is seen having sparse file attribute (P). But suing fsutil sparse queryflag says the file is not sparse. Even queryrange range says the same.
This is ...
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What does a DisableLastAccess value of 3 mean?
On my Windows 10 system when i run the command:
fsutil behavior query disablelastaccess
it returns
DisableLastAccess = 3 (System Managed, Enabled)
I've never manually set this value and I can't ...
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How to read "fsutil usn readjournal C:" output
There is a utility that can be run on the Microsoft Windows command line called fsutil. One of the commands that it accepts is fsutil usn readjournal <volume pathname> along with several other ...
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FSUTIL HARDLINK CREATE ERROR: ACCESS IS DENIED
Trying to create hardlink to a folder in the same directory, on the same drive.
H:\ParentFolder>fsutil hardlink create fldr01hrdlnk folder01
Error: Access is denied
H:\ParentFolder>fsutil ...
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Fsutil: batch file how to have a line that user can arrow up to paste to cmd line?
i have the below code which opens cmd and creates some sparse files using user entry to fill in some blanks.
what i cant seem to do is to be able to have a line in the code that would be say C:\users\...
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'fsutil' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Hi im having an issue with a batch file. im trying to run fsutil and take the user entry of size, name, and location and pass that to cmd to create files...i have copied a piece of code that was on ...
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