File System

These options control how Opus handles virtual folders that also have an underlying "real" disk folder behind them. Windows contains several folders like this - the Desktop is one, but others include the Fonts folder (usually C:\Windows\Fonts) and the Global Assembly Cache folder (usually C:\Windows\Assembly). These folders can be displayed in Opus in two different ways - as the underlying disk folder, in which case you will see all files in that folder, or as a virtual folder, in which case you will see the virtualized view that Windows provides.

Fonts as a virtual folder

Fonts as a real folder

The above screenshots show the difference between the virtualized and "real" views of the Fonts folder. You can choose from the following options:

• Treat all "virtual filesystem folders" as virtual: All such folders will be displayed in their virtualized forms.
• Treat all virtual folders as real: All such folders will be displayed as the real underlying folder. Note that this only applies to virtual folders that actually do have an underlying disk folder - some "purely virtual" folders like Network will always be virtual.
• Treat specific virtual folders as real: This option lets you specify exactly which folders should be displayed as real. For example, you could set the Fonts folder to always show as real but all other such folders will be displayed as virtual.