MyDocuments Directory file list strange output

Question

I am using Windows 7 and I am trying to list all the files in MyDocuments. I get the path with Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) which is c: / Users / eyalw / Documents

Now I'm trying to list files using DirectoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos (), and I get the files that are in the dir + directories from my home user, for example My Music, My Pictures, My Videos.

i is checked using the command line 'dir', and these dir are not inside the document / Documents so why hack them?

early!

Answer 1

If you look at the Attributes property, you will see that these are hidden symbolic links (or ReparsePoint s) to C:\Users\eyalw\Music , etc.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 create these hidden symbolic links if the program tries to write to My Documents\My Pictures , etc., which existed in Windows XP.