Doesn't find file in system32 directory on Windiows 7 64-bi

[Boofo]

I have a file that is in both the system32 and SysWOW64 directory but it only shows the listing for the file in the SysWOW64 directory. Is there a way to have it show the file everywhere it is? Makes the program kindof useless if it isn't going to show all the correct locations.

Ands is this program even still being supported or do we need to move on to something else?

[ali79]

I am on 64 bit windows 7 and I just searched for dmvdsitf.dll, which is in both sysWOW64 and system32 and it is displaying both just fine.

[Boofo]

So it works fine for you. It doesn't work the same way for me. Maybe it has to do with certain files? I can find the files fine in Total Commander search. Please explain that.

[Boofo]

I am on 64 bit windows 7 and I just searched for dmvdsitf.dll, which is in both sysWOW64 and system32 and it is displaying both just fine.

Maybe your settings are different than mine. Care to share them?

[therube]

Hard Links & Windows SxS (WinSxS)

[Boofo]

Hard Links & Windows SxS (WinSxS)

That still doesn't fully answer my question, though, or maybe I'm not understanding it fully. The file IS physically in the system32 and WOW64 directories but the system32 file does not show in Everything.

[therube]

AFAIK, if the file is a hardlink, then there is only one instance of it, just showing up in two places, & that is expected.
AFAIK, Everything will only enumerate one of them, & I don't know that which one get enumerated is determinable.

What is the file name?

[Boofo]

The filename is mfc100u.dll. What is strange is that Total Commander finds it in both the system32 and the SysWOW64 directory but Everything only finds it in the SysWOW64 directory. It is physically in both places.

[therube]

Not necessarily odd.

Everything searches the MFT, where TC plows its way through the directory structure.

http://forum.voidtools.com/viewtopic.php?p=3293#p3293

Not on a W7 system at the moment so can't check that particular file to see if it is in fact a link, but would think that it is.

Hard Links and Junctions

[Boofo]

I just physically checked both directories and the file is in both of them. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Try searching for dmvdsitf.dll when you get on a Windows 7 system. It shows both dirs in TC and only the SysWOW64 in Everything.

[Dch48]

Same thing here, it will not find svchost.exe or taskhost.exe in the system 32 folder. It shows taskhost as only being at C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-taskhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_8664adc870f5633a.

dmvdsitf.dll is also only shown as being in the winsxs folder.

[void]

These are hard links.

Unfortunately, "Everything" does not index hard links.

This is mostly due to a limitation with the NTFS USN Change Journal.

[jeroenp]

Like I mentioned in post 9000 (wow, HAL 9000? no, post 9000 <g>):

It would be most useful if Everything could list all the hard links for a file, or - as an alternative - prefer directories other than WinSxS - as the primary source.

Tools linke FindLinks can show these links as user-mode process (i.e. not requiring elevation).

Hardlinks, Junctions and Volume Mount Points are becoming more and more important in Windows (not only WinSxS, though that is the largest user) over the last years.