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Re: symbolic link name of a device object
Posted by Maxim S. Shatskih on September 25th, 2003


You cannot. "VPORT" will be understood as a file named "VPORT." in the current
directory on the current disk drive. \\.\xxx disables this resolution.

Only the predefined DOS names like "COM1" or "LPT1" are not tried to be
identified as the disk file names.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com


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