ADS in directory

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harryray2
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ADS in directory

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I've been playing with the ADS properties...I've just noticed that there's no total datastream count or size on disk for directories. Is it me or does Everything not calculate for directories.

The copy datastream text column and the text to clipboard works well but is there a way of viewing the text in preview. Sometimes there's a lot of text which isn't really practical to read in the column.

I've noticed that when there's more than one ADS in a file the text doesn't appear.
void
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Re: ADS in directory

Post by void »

Thank you for the ADS feedback harryray2,
I've been playing with the ADS properties...I've just noticed that there's no total datastream count or size on disk for directories. Is it me or does Everything not calculate for directories.
Everything should be listing ADS properties for folders. (I just tested on Windows 7 x64 and Windows 10 x64)
Please try pressing F5 to refresh your property cache.
Please let me know if this does or doesn't help, it might indicate an issue with Everything detecting changes to folders ADSs.
The copy datastream text column and the text to clipboard works well but is there a way of viewing the text in preview. Sometimes there's a lot of text which isn't really practical to read in the column.
Everything is designed to show only short metadata information in atlernate data streams.
Text in each column will only display up to roughly 4000 characters.
I've noticed that when there's more than one ADS in a file the text doesn't appear.
It might depend on the alternate data stream content.
NULs in the data stream will appear as spaces.
Is the value for Alternate Data Stream Count correct?
What is shown for Alternate Data Stream Hex when the text appears blank?
harryray2
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Re: ADS in directory

Post by harryray2 »

Thanks, I tried F5 but I still can't get a result for folders.

I have some files with quite long streams...it would be useful if it could be read straight from Everything in a preview window.

I'm running Win 7
void
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Re: ADS in directory

Post by void »

What is shown with the following commands in a command prompt:
  • navigate to the parent folder location, for example:
    cd c:\test\ADS
  • Run the following command:
    dir /r /ad
  • What is shown in the command prompt?
    (The output should list your directories and directory Alternate Data Streams)
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