How Can Vim and Windows See Two Different Files that Have the Same Name in the Program Files Directory
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Mar 15, 2026571 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm seeing a strange interaction between vim, the Cygwin tools, and Windows7. I don't think that it is a bug, but at the same time, I have no idea how to explain what I'm seeing. I installed Vim (from vim.org, not the Cygwin vim) in: I cd'd to this directory and edited my _vimrc file using vim itse…
Error Output
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim".
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Fix for: How Can Vim and Windows See Two Different Files that Have the Same Name in the Program Files Directory
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As Raymond Chen and @kreemoweet pointed out above, this is caused by filesystem virtualization. To turn this off, you can use the Local Group Policy editor, . Type into a command prompt and navigate to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Sec…
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