We have updated our Knowledge Base with KB943393, Data files that contain NTFS alternate data streams are corrupted on a Windows Home Server-based computer. This Microsoft article explains how some files with alternative file streams in them, will not be recognized or be able to be opened when in a shared folder on the home server.
The document recommends using the command-line tool Streams 1.56 utility to determine whether a file contains an alternate data stream but I find the freeware ADSTools 2.2.5 better as it has a graphical interface.
October 6, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Under Vista, you can also simply use dir /R to list any alternate data streams of the file alongside the normal directory listing.
October 7, 2007 at 7:03 am
Hi Jay Schlackman,
Thanks for that tip, thats handy to know.
October 8, 2007 at 4:09 am
shouldn’t “DOS Streams 1.56″ be “command-line Streams 1.56″.
October 8, 2007 at 8:32 am
Hi Yuhong Bao,
Thanks, I have corrected it.