(In the same vein ... food for thought...
Bitness
Redirectors
Links
in particular with Windows files
32-bit Everything may (does?), 32-bit applications may (does?) go through windows "redirector" (System32 vs SysWOW64 kind of thing)
so a hard link to a file, or even a link to a file, what is shown, returned, is within the context of bitness/redirectors
so you may get back different results based on who you start out looking for something, & what a particular program "sees"
hmm...?
where is 'notepad' on windows seven)