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Re: CreateSymbolicLinkW needed


Greetings, Earnie Boyd!

>> Said that, it IS possible to create a symbolic link to a file in Windows XP,
>> even though you can't access it afterward.

> I think you mean a junction (reparse point) instead of a symbolic
> link.

I mean exactly symbolic link.
It is properly created and attributed, but FS can't grant access to it
afterward - the system error message says something along the lines of "Access
to this file is not available in this operating system" (Curse microsoft for
localized error messages)

> Yes, it is possible to have a junction to a file even though it
> isn't supposed to work (meaning documented as not supported).  The
> underlying API will do the right thing but the Windows UI doesn't grok
> it properly.

Not UI, base FS driver can't handle it properly in XP.


--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 01.05.2013, <09:45>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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