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Remember that on newer operating systems like Windows Vista and Windows 7, there are junction points that exist for backwards compatibility. Here are some samples:
- c:\documents and settings
- c:\users\username\application data
To allow robocopy to copy these folders and volumes be sure to use the XJ flag to exclude junction points. Otherwise you will copy some files twice!
Robocopy, Windows Vista and Junction Points
Last Updated: 9/4/10Remember that on newer operating systems like Windows Vista and Windows 7, there are junction points that exist for backwards compatibility. Here are some samples:
- c:\documents and settings
- c:\users\username\application data
To allow robocopy to copy these folders and volumes be sure to use the XJ flag to exclude junction points. Otherwise you will copy some files twice!
Keywords: robocopy, junction points, backup too large, duplicate files, vista, windows 7