Paul on Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:15:11 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following:

This isn't in "libraries" this is on an external drive used for
backups.

Is the path a Junction, a Hard Link, a shortcut, or some
other kind of linkage ?

I do not know, nor, actually do I care. This is Yet More Window's
stupid "Cleverness". Just like it shows the directory name "Program
Files (x86)" and not "Program Files (x85)" as it was named when
created. (There was a reason for my giving it that name). Because
apparently, when you copy the directory "Program Files (x86)" to any
other directory, Windows, being so easily confused, has to put a name
it recognizes over what ever label is there. (I worry for these
people. How well, if at all, do they cope with anything outside the
Microsoft campus?)
I'm making a mass backup: copy C: to I: . First thing copied is
$Recycler. There are 5,419,831,296 bytes in this directory which is
"empty" (I know it is empty, I "emptied" the Recycle bin before
starting this.)
And checking Igor; I:\Backups is now a hidden system folder. Why?
Because Microsoft wants to "improve my computing experience." or some
such drivel. Because I copied a directory it considers "its precious"
and MS must hide it from the User.


First you have to identify what it is, to deal with it
correctly.

This is also a reason to not get too clever using the
"traps" the OS offers. Yes, you can link all sorts of
stuff together, but at your peril.

Microsoft seems to go out of its way to "improve the user's
experience" without any consideration for the actual user's
preferences. But I've been saying that since the last century. (I
cannot recall if I made any stops from Win 3.11 to XP.)
--
pyotr filipivich
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