> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:10:29 +0530
> From: C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com>

>
> Some googling led me to (setq w32-get-true-file-attributes nil) but that
> has an adverse effect on the file opening time. Is there a better
> resolution?

Which version of Emacs is that?  I think these problems should be
fixed in latest pretests of Emacs 24.3, so perhaps try that.