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procmon: why there are so many WriteFile to directories?
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With procmon I see many WriteFile operations to directories from the system process. What's the reason for this? Background: this occurs while reading many files on the volume (performance test). But I expect only ReadFile operations and no WriteFile. The volume is a Tiered StorageSpace Volume (1 SDD + 1 HDD) on Windows 11 22H2. Could this have an influence? Or this a bug in procmon showing wrong information? In the past I had already had such a suspicion when the system is under heavy load. I have a PML file with all events from procmon. Regards, Hermann
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