Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
David Lee
mailtolky@gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 07:35:00 GMT 2016
Thanks you all for the replies.
Achim writes:
> What goes still unanswered is if that's the only
> place Windows ever looks for those files. I guess yes, but I can't find
> no positive confirmation.
Sorry not sure what you mean. Henri's link shows file system redirection does
not apply to %windir%\system32\drivers\etc, therefore there are no other places
to 'look for those files' - if 'other places' is meant to be places caused by
file system redirection.
Henri's link:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Thanks.
David.
On 22 January 2016 at 03:53, Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote:
> Henri writes:
>> Yes, your proposal will work ... BECAUSE in that specific case, redirection
>> will be switched OFF (hey, study the URL that I posted).
>
> Yes, I've read that. What goes still unanswered is if that's the only
> place Windows ever looks for those files. I guess yes, but I can't find
> no positive confirmation.
>
>> Btw, Microsoft thinks the "SysNative nonsense" a necessity; it even patched
>> XP in order to introduce that nonsense ...
>
> I'm sure they think that and there's probably a PowerPoint with lots of
> bullet points that says so. But I've yet to meet anyone who thinks it
> was a bright idea after running into it unexpectedly. If anything, MS
> themselves couldn't make it work without those exceptions whose
> documentation is not easy to find.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
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