Editing NTFS (section)

=== Reparse points ===
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Introduced in NTFS v3, NTFS reparse points are used by associating a reparse tag in the user space attribute of a file or directory. Microsoft includes several default tags including [[NTFS symbolic link|symbolic link]]s, [[NTFS junction point|directory junction point]]s and [[NTFS volume mount point|volume mount point]]s. When the [[Object Manager (Windows)|Object Manager]] parses a file system name lookup and encounters a reparse attribute, it will ''reparse'' the name lookup, passing the user controlled reparse data to every file system filter driver that is loaded into Windows. Each filter driver examines the reparse data to see whether it is associated with that reparse point, and if that filter driver determines a match, then it intercepts the file system request and performs its special functionality.