FindLinks reports the file index and any hard links (alternate file paths on the same volume) that exist for the specified file. A file's data remains allocated so long as at it has at least one file name referencing it.

FindLinks reports the file index and any hard links (alternate file paths on the same volume) that exist for the specified file. A file's data remains allocated so long as at it has at least one file name referencing it.

Using FindLinksUsage:

findlinks

ExampleThe following command reports the file paths that reference the same file data as C:\Windows\Notepad.exe:

C:\>findlinks c:\windows\notepad.exe

c:\windows\notepad.exe
Index: 0x000057D9
Links: 3

Linking files:

C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepadwin_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_9ebebe8614be1470\notepad.exe

C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_cb0f7f2289b0c21a\notepad.exe

C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

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