Show <JUNCTION><SYMLINKD>instead of <LNK>
Posted: 2008-05-09, 06:01 UTC
Show <JUNCTION>&<SYMLINKD> instead of <LNK> in size column.
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Perhaps you are right, nevertheless the advantage is that Total Commander will be showing the correct information.ghisler(Author) wrote:What would be the advantage? An average user wouldn't know the difference anyway...
Samuel wrote:Edit: And would like to know![]()
Mark Russinovich wrote:....A major difference in the way Windows resolves symbolic links and directory junctions is where the processing takes place. Windows processes symbolic links on the local system, even when they reference a location on a remote file server. Windows processes directory junctions that reference a remote file server on the server itself. Symbolic links on a server can therefore refer to locations that are only accessible from a client, like other client volumes, whereas directory junctions cannot. To address this, Windows Vista supports the new symbolic link type for both files and directories...