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    1. You might want to take some inspiration from WizTree. They perform some black magic to scan your drive in a few seconds. I think they directly walk the filesystem (MFT) rather than going through OS layers. It does require admin for this, however.

      Currently Zoomdir takes quite long to scan through e.g. my docker system folder, as it has a ton of tiny files.

    2. Watch out for virtual links and cloud-style virtual drive.

      Like this one:

      [https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/07/windows-11-phone-link-app-is-losing-photos-feature-android-gallery-moving-to-file-explorer/](https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/07/windows-11-phone-link-app-is-losing-photos-feature-android-gallery-moving-to-file-explorer/)

      basically folders like “Camera” are links to *.search-ms files that are scripts, in this case retrieving the content of my Camera folder on my phone live.

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