"this" is the Shim Database :) Best regards, Alex Ionescu
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo < elh...@gmail.com> wrote: > what about using this? > internally maybe its necesary to move kernel goal to Windows 7 or even > 8.1, but this way it would be much harder to get ReactOS stable at last..... > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:27 PM, David Quintana (gigaherz) < > gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> SxS doesn't require links, it makes use of them to reduce the actual disk >> usage. The conversation was about how many people "hate" the WinSxS folder >> because when you look at the properties in explorer it shows a very large >> number of GB, but fail to realize this number is not accurate due to the >> large number of DLLs that are shared with System32. If we can't make use of >> hardlinks, we can just copy the actual files. The HDD space used will grow, >> but it's not like if our installation is 15gb... ;P >> >> On 10 March 2015 at 13:41, Pierre Schweitzer <pie...@reactos.org> wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure you realize what you're praising. >>> >>> Links & junctions are not supported on FAT, they require NTFS. >>> >>> On 03/10/2015 12:37 PM, Huw Campbell wrote: >>> > SxS uses hard links, not symlinks. >>> > Seems like the way to go too, as we're already hitting the boundary >>> with common controls and it's how windows does version compatibly. >>> > Huw >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: "Ged Murphy" <gedmurphy.mailli...@gmail.com> >>> > Sent: 10/03/2015 10:27 PM >>> > To: "'ReactOS Development List'" <ros-dev@reactos.org> >>> > Subject: Re: [ros-dev] ReactOS versioning >>> > >>> > It might also be useful to employ some form of heuristics as UAC does. >>> Things like file name detection, string table detection, marked processes >>> via user defined requests or a hash database, etc. Perhaps even scanning >>> the imports (although this is harder to manage due to people using >>> GetProcAddress to detect OS version) >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Timo >>> Kreuzer >>> > Sent: 07 March 2015 12:44 >>> > To: ReactOS Development List >>> > Subject: [ros-dev] ReactOS versioning >>> > >>> > >>> > 1. We need a method to specify which application should be run in >>> which environment. We should probably use the same mechanism that is used >>> on Windows. Compatibility information is stored in a registry key >>> HKCU\Software\Microsodt\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\... The >>> trick is to make this easy / transparent for the user. A right-click -> >>> properties -> compatibility approach should for now probably be the easiest >>> thing, >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Ros-dev mailing list >>> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Ros-dev mailing list >>> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Pierre Schweitzer <pie...@reactos.org> >>> System & Network Administrator >>> Senior Kernel Developer >>> ReactOS Deutschland e.V. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > >
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