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When did this happen guys? There used to be dozens of .sys files in the Windows\ystem32 folder not so long ago
This is REALLY curious. Here's the listing on my wife's machine on which I installed Build 17025.
Directory of C:\Windows\System32
12/21/2016 10:54 PM 51,120 ambakdrv.sys
12/21/2016 10:52 PM 171,952 ammntdrv.sys
09/01/2017 06:12 PM 38,320 amwrtdrv.sys
10/21/2017 08:17 AM 471,552 win32k.sys
10/21/2017 08:17 AM 2,052,608 win32kbase.sys
10/21/2017 08:17 AM 3,616,256 win32kfull.sys
6 File(s) 6,401,808 bytes
0 Dir(s) 764,724,625,408 bytes free
BTW As you can see shehas considerably more disk space than me
Geeks, if you want to list all SYS files in Windows\System32 folder, remember that most of them (in fact almost all of them) are in various subfolders. You must include subfolders in DIR command with switch /s to include those in listing:
dir /s *.sys
This finds 865 SYS files on my laptop. Without subfolder switch DIR command only shows content of current folder.
Alternatively, open File Explorer, browse to Windows\System32 and search for files with extension sys withext:sys
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Other programs may also place their .sys files there, this one of mine (ampa.sys) came with Aomei Partition Assistant.
Sorry, Marty. It got late last night after getting distracted chasing a Chinaman about a warrantee on a phone.
Navigating to C:\Windows\System32 and using *.sys I have a slew of system files. Notice the page slide bar at the right.
To be sure > Do you all have FE set to show hidden system files? I'm thinking you must if you have any that show up.
Could be your FE search is corrupt?
Edit: Never mind. I just saw and realized you all are searching via command. Yes, another cup of coffee please.
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Last edited by Tony K; 13 Dec 2017 at 11:14.