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Old 07-08-2007
Gary Chanson
 

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Re: Looking for function to resolve VirtualStore paths to physical paths
Tell that to Microsoft! We keep telling them that, but it would help
for them to hear it from end users as well.

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- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools



"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
news:OVtuo2OwHHA.4572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I don't suppose that forum is published as a newsgroup? Compared to
> accessing the posts here, I find reading them in a web browser to be a

huge
> pia.
>
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:033F495C-97DB-4122-90E8-26E068086AC7@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Scott
> >
> > These Vista.public groups are focused on the end user. There is a very
> > good resource for developers on the MSDN forums. These forums are

staffed
> > by Microsoft Developers and they are focused on problems with

developing
> > applications for Vista. You can access them here:
> >
> > MSDN Forums: Software Development for Vista
> > http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/def...ID=24&SiteID=1
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ronnie Vernon
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Scott" <smbaker@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1180112336.728081.180200@x18g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I'm working on ensuring compatibility with some legacy applications.

I
> >> need an API function that maps a (possibly virtual) path into a
> >> physical path.
> >>
> >> For example,
> >>
> >> c:\program files\foo\download ---> c:\users\myusername\appdata\local
> >> \virtualstore\program files\foo\download
> >>
> >> Does Vista provide an API for retreiving these mappings? Is there a
> >> way to determine whether a given path is virtual of physical?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Scott
> >>

> >

>
>



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