fsutil.exe

8dot3name

8.3 name management

`query`	Query the current setting for the shortname behaviour on the system
`scan`	Scan for impacted registry entries
`set`	Change the setting that controls the shortname behavior on the system
`strip`	Remove the shortnames for all files within a directory

behavior

Control file system behavior

`query`	Query the file system behavior parameters
`set`	Change the file system behavior parameters

dax

Direct Access (DAX) volume management

queryFileAlignment Query file alignment on dax volume

dirty

Manage volume dirty bit

`query`	Query the dirty bit
`set`	Set the dirty bit

file

File specific commands

`Create a new file (of possibly zero size)`	Creates a new file of a specified size. Compare with Linux shell command `touch`.
`findBySID`	Find a file by security identifier
`layout`	Query all the information available about the file
`optimizeMetadata`	Optimize metadata for a file
`queryAllocRanges`	Query the allocated ranges for a file
`queryCaseSensitiveInfo`	Query the case sensitive information for a directory
`queryEA`	Query the extended attributes (EA) information for a file
`queryExtents`	Query the extents for a file
`queryExtentsAndRefCounts`	Query the extents and their corresponding refcounts for a file
`queryFileID`	Queries the file ID of the specified file
`queryFileNameById`	Displays a random link name for the file ID
`queryOptimizeMetadata`	Query the optimize metadata state for a file
`queryValidData`	Queries the valid data length for a file
`setCaseSensitiveInfo`	Set the case sensitive information for a directory
`setShortName`	Set the short name for a file
`setValidData`	Set the valid data length for a file
`setZeroData`	Set the zero data for a file
`setEOF`	Sets the end of file for an existing file
`setStrictlySequential`	Sets ReFS SMR file as strictly sequential

fsInfo

File system information

`drives`	List all drives
`driveType`	Query drive type for a drive
`ntfsInfo`	Query NTFS specific volume information
`refsInfo`	Query REFS specific volume information
`sectorInfo`	Query sector information
`statistics`	Query file system statistics
`volumeInfo`	Query volume information

hardlink

Manage so called «hard links». Note, only files can be hard linked. Trying to hard link a directory throws Access is denied.

`create`	Create a hardlink (for example `fsutil hardlink create new.txt existing.txt`)
`list`	Enumerate hardlinks on a file (`fsutil hardlink list new.txt` or `fsutil hardlink list existing.txt`)

Compare with reparsepoint subcommand.

objectID

Object ID management

`create`	Create the object identifier
`delete`	Delete the object identifier
`query`	Query the object identifier
`set`	Change the object identifier

quota

Quota management

`disable`	Disable quota tracking and enforcement
`enforce`	Enable quota enforcement
`modify`	Set disk quota for a user
`query`	Query disk quotas
`track`	Enable quota tracking
`violations`	Display quota violations

repair

Self healing management

`enumerate`	Enumerate the entries of a volume's corruption log
`initiate`	Initiate the repair of a file
`query`	Query the self healing state of the volume
`set`	Set the self healing state of the volume
`state`	Query the corruption state of the volume(s)
`wait`	Wait for repair(s) to complete

reparsePoint

Management of reparse points. Compare with hardlink subcommand.

`delete`	Delete a reparse point
`query`	Query a reparse point

storageReserve

Storage Reserve management

`query`	Query storage reserve area(s) of a volume
`repair`	Repair storage reserve area(s) of a volume
`findByID`	Find files by storage reserve ID

resource

Transactional Resource Manager management

`create`	Create a Secondary Transactional Resource Manager
`info`	Display information relating to a Transactional Resource Manager
`setAutoReset`	Set whether a default Transactional Resource Manager will clean its transactional metadata on next mount
`setAvailable`	Set a Transactional Resource Manager to prefer availability over consistency
`setConsistent`	Set a Transactional Resource Manager to prefer consistency over availability
`setLog`	Change characteristics of a running Transactional Resource Manager
`start`	Start a Transactional Resource Manager
`stop`	Stop a Transactional Resource Manager

sparse

`queryFlag`	Query sparse
`queryRange`	Query range
`setFlag`	Set sparse
`setRange`	Set sparse range

tiering

Storage tiering property management

`clearFlags`	Disable tiering behavior flags of a volume
`queryFlags`	Display the tiering behavior flags of a volume
`regionList`	List the regions of a volume and their respective storage tiers
`setFlags`	Enable tiering behavior flags of a volume
`tierList`	List the storage tiers associated with a volume

transaction

Transaction management

`commit`	Commit a specified transaction
`fileinfo`	Display transaction information for a specific file
`list`	Display currently running transactions
`query`	Display information on a specified transaction
`rollback`	Rollback a specified transaction

usn

Manage Update Sequence Numbers (USN) journals ($Extend\$UsnJrnl).

`createJournal`	Create a USN journal
`deleteJournal`	Delete a USN journal
`enableRangeTracking`	Enable write range tracking for a volume
`enumData`	Enumerate USN data
`queryJournal`	Query the USN data for a volume
`readJournal`	Reads the USN records in the USN journal
`readData`	Read the USN data for a file

volume

Volume management

`allocationReport`	Allocated clusters report
`diskFree`	Query the free space of a volume
`dismount`	Dismount a volume
`fileLayout`	Query all the information available about the file(s)
`flush`	Flush a volume
`list`	List volumes
`queryCluster`	Query which file is using a particular cluster
`queryLabel`	Query the label for a volume
`queryNumaInfo`	Queries the NUMA node for the given volume
`setLabel`	Set the label for a volume
`smrGC`	Control SMR Garbage Collection
`smrInfo`	Query SMR information
`thinProvisioningInfo`	Query thin provisioning info for the given volume

wim

Transparent wim hosting management

`enumFiles`	Enumerate WIM backed files
`enumWims`	Enumerate backing WIM files
`removeWim`	Remove a WIM from backing files
`queryFile`	Query the origin of a specific file