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where "FindFirstFile" fetch drive information ?

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    Hi Friends, Where FindFirstFile function fetching all folders, sub folders and files details? whether this API fetching information from registry? Thanks, S Shanmuga Raja

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      Hi Friends, Where FindFirstFile function fetching all folders, sub folders and files details? whether this API fetching information from registry? Thanks, S Shanmuga Raja

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      No, it performs the same function as the command line command dir, and lists all files as specified by the selection mask. This is explained in detail in the MSDN documentation[^].

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        Hi Friends, Where FindFirstFile function fetching all folders, sub folders and files details? whether this API fetching information from registry? Thanks, S Shanmuga Raja

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        That's part of the underlying file system, be it FAT32 or NTFS. See here for the latter.

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