Getting rid of Confirm Stream Loss -dialog (Macintosh Application Info)

May 12, 2008

Hi.

Some time ago I tested W2k3's File services for Macintosh, but decided to

not use it and uninstalled it. I didn't know that my testing had some

undesirable effects on files. If I copy a file from the server to a FAT

device, I'm asked to "Confirm Stream Loss", the box states that "Information

that might be lost includes: Macintosh Application info". This information

is probably hidden in alternate NTFS streams. I know I could copy all those

files (too many) to a FAT device and then back to the source. I could also

get all the attributes, dates and owner information and put those in place

too, but it would be quite a lot of work. Any ideas to get rid of this extra

information or the dialog box?

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Antti

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