Everything Finds Files That Windows Explorer Can't

[skeezix]

Just wondering...

When I use Windows Explorer to open the "preload" whatever-it-is on my "RECOVERY X:" drive in Windows 10, I get a warning message and I cannot see any file names inside it.

When I use Everything to view the contents of the same folder, I can see a lot of Install file names. Is it possible to configure Windows 10 so that I can see the contents of this "folder"?

[void]

It is a permissions setting. File permissions are ignored by Everything when indexing.

I highly recommend you DO NOT change permissions on your recovery drive.
However, if you do wish to view these files in Explorer:

• In Windows Explorer (or Everything), Right X: and click Properties.
• Click the Security Tab.
• Click Advanced.
• Click Change permissions.
• Check Replace all child object permission enteries with inheritable permission entries from this object.
• Click OK.
• Click Yes for This will replace explicitly defined permissions on all descendants of this object with inheritable permissions from Recovery (X:)

https://www.disk-partition.com/articles ... -5740.html

[NotNull]

Just wondering...

When I use Windows Explorer to open the "preload" whatever-it-is on my "RECOVERY X:" drive in Windows 10, I get a warning message and I cannot see any file names inside it.

This is some Windows bug that came with the 1803 upgrade: all of the sudden these REcovery partitions got assigned a driveletter.

It might get fixed in a later update, but you can remove the driveletter right now by:
- start diskmgmt.msc as administrator
- right-click the recovery disk
- choose Change driveletter
- choose Remove.

(You will probably have to reboot to activate changes)