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Well, in deference to you, Skipper, and out of profound respect (you've attained a mythical status in my eyes:) I will change the name FileNameAndFrn to FileNameAndParentFrn tomorow, that will make...
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I just got back from an 8 day hiking trip through Wyoming's Wind Rivers Wilderness area. So I have just started to catch up on email and other details. Caught a lot of fish, saw some great country,...
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Bump.Skipper, is there any hope to get your attention? I just completed a full project and am about to get back to Master Record stuff. Would appreciate your help.Thanks.AlexB
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OK, Skipper, I hope you pilot a rescue craft of a good size. I count on you. I ve made some progress but naturally got in trouble as well. Before I begin I want to mention that I think it is odd that...
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Skipper, I appreciate it very much. Now I know, you are a true captain:)AlexB
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I've implemented this technique in a couple of commercial products. I've written a photo application which uses it to find all of the 'picture' files on a volume. I also use the NTFS change journal...
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Thanks for the opportunity to express these thoughtsYou definitely have a knack for doing it.There are three things I want to say. #1: I am definitely greatful for the code, #2: I was a bit in a haste...
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Code snippets versus compilable code: This is the last, I promise.My intent was to provide code snippets, not compilable code. And I really think that is the more valuable option. Code snippets...
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OK, Skipper, we are in business. your code compiled. I am glad that I "thrashed" it out of you. It is also a great time saving device. With my IQ of only 45 it would have been hard and long to figure...
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So, I'm a little disconcerted that you simply didn't try to understand the code I provided.Well, this is a dose of Sunday sermon so to speak. Of course I will try to understand your code but the...
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I think we shouldn't be editing one another's codeI agree but it did not compile. I think there was a typo in there. I mean that particular part gave me trouble. Anyhow, I don't want to argue. Your...
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First, I disagree with your edit... Log.Info(e.Message, e); Exception innerException = e.InnerException; while (innerException != null)...
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Hi StCroixSkipper,I tried to compile your code and ran into some problems. Basically I have three variables left undefined. They are:_changeJournalRootHandle_drive_directoriesI can make an educated...
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You can create a change journal any way you like... That is the easy part.Here is some sample code.As for the log statements, simply convert them to Console.WriteLine()... I use Log4Net, hence the...
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Got the class implemented but then the errors really shot up:Error 1 The name 'CreateChangeJournal' does not exist in the current context C:\a\source\C#\MFT\Form1.cs 29 17 MFTError 2 The name...
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I did omit a simple class, here it is. Hope this helps. If not ask another question... p.s. Sorry about the formatting. The Add Code didn't format it very well this time... public class...
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This is something I have been looking for quite a while! Quick question: FileNameAndFrn... I cannot seem to get the C# compiler to recognize that (seems to be used as a datatype in your sample)....
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In my tests, reading the mft is about 10x faster then enumerating through the file system with Find First, Find Next...
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I do this all of the time....Here is the PInvoke code I wrote: And below that some sample code I wrote that enumerates the MFT. That should give you enough to start... using System; using...
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I was trying to sequentially read files from a volume and grab the SID for each file. I have decided however to use built in functions in C#. The downside to this though is that deleted files will not...
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