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Explorer displays wrong "Size on disk" for junction file

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Symptoms

Explorer displays wrong "Size on disk" for junction file.

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Cause

This issue happens since shell32.dll doesn’t obtain the correct size of allocation unit for the volume associated with directory file on the other volume when calculating Size on disk.

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More Information

This symptom only affects the looks of the property. It doesn't affect any functionality of the file system.Windows has a feature to link the directories to represent the storage data in the another volume on the same computer. This issue happens when linked volume has a different size of allocation unit.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.


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Article Info
Article ID : 2655621
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/15/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 344