{"id":1346,"date":"2014-11-20T17:47:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenwhiting.com\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2016-06-06T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:37:36","slug":"decoding-the-fileattributes-field-in-processmonitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenwhiting.com\/blog\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Decoding the FileAttributes field in ProcessMonitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3>Decoding the FileAttributes field in ProcessMonitor<\/h3>\n<p><span data-profile-rendered=\"true\" data-profile-userid=\"a4e5ebba15fb420f8c572ed076c66b48\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/3153\/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashx\">Jeremy M [MSFT]<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>27 May 2010 10:43 AM<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/jmazner\/archive\/2010\/05\/27\/decoding-the-fileattributes-field-in-processmonitor.aspx#comments\">0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Random tip: if you&#8217;re using procmon.exe to monitor file system activity, you&#8217;ll see a FileAttributes field with a bunch of letters.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not immediately obvious which letters correspond to which Win32 file attribute <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee332330%28v=VS.85%29.aspx\">constants<\/a>.\u00a0 I asked around internally, and got the answer.\u00a0 Blogging it here for general reference (and yes, the team does plan to update the docs with this).<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;R&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;H&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;S&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;D&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;A&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;D&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;N&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;T&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;SF&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;RP&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;C&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;O&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;NCI&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;E&#8221;),<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>FILE_ATTRIBUTE_VIRTUAL,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 _T(&#8220;V&#8221;),<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/jmazner\/archive\/2010\/05\/27\/decoding-the-fileattributes-field-in-processmonitor.aspx\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/jmazner\/archive\/2010\/05\/27\/decoding-the-fileattributes-field-in-processmonitor.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decoding the FileAttributes field in ProcessMonitor Jeremy M [MSFT] 27 May 2010 10:43 AM 0 Random tip: if you&#8217;re using procmon.exe to monitor file system activity, you&#8217;ll see a FileAttributes field with a bunch of letters.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not immediately obvious &hellip; 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