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Annoyances of Windows Vista and Windows 7

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== Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties? ==Trying to copy files from the system to removable media such as a USB flash drive and Microsoft prompts an annoying and reoccurring error message.  The message is vague and misleading.  The NTFS file system is inappropriate for flash media.  FAT32 is not capable of preserving the NTFS permissions of files being copied from the NTFS formatted hard drive to the FAT32 removable media.  The permissions largely include file ownership and file permissions.  These are not file "properties" but rather file "permissions."  Even when you select YES to the dialog and check the box for application of the selection to all files, it only applies to files of the specific type.  For a different file type the dialog will present itself again.  This makes a "fire and forget" unattended file copy process impossible.
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