Hello.

If a file is a NTFS Link/SymbolicLink (or has a NTFS Link/SymbolicLink) then on save UES creates a new file with the same name and in a process destroys any NTFS links that associated with that file.

I'm using Link Shell Extension on Windows XP 32bit and Windows 7 64bit.
To reproduce the situation do the following (assuming the above shell extension already installed. Please note, the above software is only a GUI, the NTFS links is a feature of the NTFS filesystem and can be created via command prompt without any 3nd party software):

1) create a file: C:\folder1\example.txt
2) create a NTFS Link (Hardlink/SymbolicLink) of that file and save it as: C:\folder2\example.txt
3) Edit file C:\folder1\example.txt in notepad/wordpad, save it.
4) Open C:\folder2\example.txt in UES, you should see the text that you added in C:\folder1\example.txt
5) Open C:\folder1\example.txt in UES and change the text, save it.
6) Open C:\folder2\example.txt in UES again - no last changes were added into that file, NTFS link is broken, now system has 2 independent, unlinked files


You can see it on video:

Mofi wrote:However, by enabling configuration setting Copy file instead of using rename when creating backup file at Advanced - Configuration - File Handling - Advanced should result in not destroying the NTFS links.

Bulls eye!
Enable that option seems to cured the problem.

Thank you very much!