Re: script to remove alternate data streams

Steams are generally there for a reason. Many AV programs write scan data
to streams. Programs like Exchange use alternate streams to store state
metadata. You could easily mess something up. What are you trying to
accomplish by removing the streams?


<mvl_groups_user@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In winxp, is there a way to write a script to scan an NTFS drive and
remove all alternate data streams in an unattended mode?

I am envisioning a batch file that I could schedule nightly or weekly.

Or, alternatively is there a utility that could be scheduled in
unattended mode to do the same thing?

-MVL


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