Question

I have just installed a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise x64 on a VM but i don’t see the C:\Windows\Sysnative folder.

DO I need to execute some manual steps to enable the redirection?

Answer 1

Sysnative is a virtual directory not a real one and it only visible from 32 bit applications. Explorer is 64 bit so you won’t see it listed there.

From File System Redirector:

32-bit applications can access the native system directory by
substituting %windir%\Sysnative for %windir%\System32. WOW64
recognizes Sysnative as a special alias used to indicate that the file
system should not redirect the access. This mechanism is flexible and
easy to use, therefore, it is the recommended mechanism to bypass file
system redirection. Note that 64-bit applications cannot use the
Sysnative alias as it is a virtual directory not a real one.