[GH-ISSUE #137] Symlinks in Windows shows PermissionError #56

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2026-06-08T11:25:29+03:00

zhus commented

2026-06-08 11:25:29 +03:00

Originally created by @loggerheads-with-binary on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/137

OS: Windows 10 Home 20H2
dust --version : Dust 0.5.4

The disk usage for symlink directories in Windows is not being measured by dust, and it shows permission error. I am the Administrator on this device and UAC has been set to not notify under any conditions. So there's no permission error due to my system settings.

This is the output:

C:\Users\hp\Desktop>dust -b
Did not have permissions for all directories
 624B   ┌── desktop.ini
 734B   ├── P2.lnk
 778B   ├── Fourth Sem.lnk
 781B   ├── Toolkit.lnk
 783B   ├── Tasks.lnk
 829B   ├── Personals.lnk
 832B   ├── IITB.lnk
 833B   ├── Desktop.joe
 994B   ├── Photographs .lnk
 1.3K   ├── God Mode.lnk
 324K   ├── media-18032021-56.jpg
 344K ┌─┴ .

Whereas it should have shown a symlink too. By the name of Quintessentials

Here is the dir output :

 Directory of C:\Users\hp\Desktop

19-03-2021  22:35    <DIR>          .
19-03-2021  22:35    <DIR>          ..
03-01-2021  22:15               778 Fourth Sem.lnk
02-10-2020  12:12             1,353 God Mode.lnk
02-10-2020  12:12               832 IITB.lnk
18-03-2021  21:06           331,971 media-18032021-56.jpg
11-10-2020  00:10               734 P2.lnk
12-03-2021  10:47               829 Personals.lnk
11-10-2020  00:10               994 Photographs .lnk
13-03-2021  14:39    <SYMLINKD>     Quintessentials [D:\Personals\Quintessentials]
02-10-2020  12:11               783 Tasks.lnk
11-10-2020  00:10               781 Toolkit.lnk

I think it is a bug in the program.

Originally created by @loggerheads-with-binary on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/137 OS: Windows 10 Home 20H2 `dust --version` : `Dust 0.5.4` The disk usage for symlink directories in Windows is not being measured by dust, and it shows permission error. I am the Administrator on this device and UAC has been set to not notify under any conditions. So there's no permission error due to my system settings. This is the output: ``` C:\Users\hp\Desktop>dust -b Did not have permissions for all directories 624B ┌── desktop.ini 734B ├── P2.lnk 778B ├── Fourth Sem.lnk 781B ├── Toolkit.lnk 783B ├── Tasks.lnk 829B ├── Personals.lnk 832B ├── IITB.lnk 833B ├── Desktop.joe 994B ├── Photographs .lnk 1.3K ├── God Mode.lnk 324K ├── media-18032021-56.jpg 344K ┌─┴ . ``` Whereas it should have shown a symlink too. By the name of `Quintessentials` Here is the dir output : ``` Directory of C:\Users\hp\Desktop 19-03-2021 22:35 <DIR> . 19-03-2021 22:35 <DIR> .. 03-01-2021 22:15 778 Fourth Sem.lnk 02-10-2020 12:12 1,353 God Mode.lnk 02-10-2020 12:12 832 IITB.lnk 18-03-2021 21:06 331,971 media-18032021-56.jpg 11-10-2020 00:10 734 P2.lnk 12-03-2021 10:47 829 Personals.lnk 11-10-2020 00:10 994 Photographs .lnk 13-03-2021 14:39 <SYMLINKD> Quintessentials [D:\Personals\Quintessentials] 02-10-2020 12:11 783 Tasks.lnk 11-10-2020 00:10 781 Toolkit.lnk ``` I think it is a bug in the program.

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Reference: bootandy/archived-dust#56