>I know hardly anything about the Windows API. But, my understanding is that Windows Explorer is actually the default shell for Windows, and that DriveInfo()-type functions use lower-level calls into the filesystem. So the difference might be something like
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>- Explorer uses "Shell API" calls
>- DriveInfo() uses "Filesystem API" calls
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>if that makes any sense.

Some says that a way to do it would be to develop and install a client on the remote box, which would serve as making that information available to the Windows box. But, in our case, this would not apply.