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What are hardlinks on windows 7?

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Mar 15, 2026724 views
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What are hardlinks and how are they different from files? If i have a hardlink would all apps believe the link is a file? (I had programs not open files because they were shortcuts) If i modify a hardlink, does it modify the original or create a copy and modify that?

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When you save a file on an NTFS filesystem, it creates the file somewhere on the drive, then creates a reference to it in the Master File Table (MFT). When a program requests a file, Windows looks in the MFT for the filename, and if found, returns t…

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