Paragon NTFS and copying to NTFS external drive-won't copy just makes alias

Hi,
So I got Paragon and it allows me to go into my boot camp and external hard drive and edit, copy, write to those drives.
When I first set it up, I moved some folders and files over to my external drive. When I went back to those files later on, the folders were there, but all my video files were just an alias.
If I have paragon turned on, I can open the files and it shows them as actual files (not an alias file type) and it plays perfectly. But if I have paragon turned off, it returns to just an alias and does not open.
So, to test what was going on, I deleted the alias and recopied the file onto the external and deleted the original off the mac (and emptied trash). Still the same problem and result (there if paragon is turned on). I tried the same process but doing a move and still didn't work.
But the other folders were able to be copied and accessed.
So is there a limitation to file size (smallest file is only 125mb)? Or is it just video files? Or am I doing something wrong? I have yet to try the same process above with a non-video file.

I suggest you ask this on the Paragon support forums. this is clearly a problem with Paragon not OS X itself.

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