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`rmdir /s /q` in a command prompt is significantly faster than Windows Explorer.

Yes C: is slow due to filters and Dev Drive is faster; but this difference can only be felt when using the command line; Windows Explorer has so much additional overhead that the overhead from file filters is insignificant in comparison.

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Sure, my point wasn't that Windows Explorer is faster or slower compared to the command line or other OSes, but that deletion can be faster or slower (for Windows Explorer) depending on other factors too, like as per my example where it speeds up by 200% when I turn off that TortoiseGit option, which is nothing to scoff at.

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