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Can you please explain what is a &quot;shared version of windows&quot;?<br />

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Can you please explain what is a "shared version of windows"?


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Hi shaig,<br />
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The following is extracted from VC on-line help for GetSystemDirectory( ).<br />
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&quot;Applications should not create files in the system directory. If the user is running a shared version of Windows, the application does not have write access to the system directory....&quot;<br />
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So what does that means? <br />

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Hi shaig,

The following is extracted from VC on-line help for GetSystemDirectory( ).

"Applications should not create files in the system directory. If the user is running a shared version of Windows, the application does not have write access to the system directory...."

So what does that means?


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just a guess - but i think this might mean that windows exists on a file server<br />
and that the clients are network computers with minimal local storage<br />
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as for how to detect - havent got a clue.<br />
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maybe GetSystemDirectory would return a UNC path in this case and you could<br />
check to see if the path starts with \\<br />
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regards,<br />
mike.<br />

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just a guess - but i think this might mean that windows exists on a file server
and that the clients are network computers with minimal local storage

as for how to detect - havent got a clue.

maybe GetSystemDirectory would return a UNC path in this case and you could
check to see if the path starts with \\

regards,
mike.


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What is your goal? What are you trying to accomplish?<br />
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What is your goal? What are you trying to accomplish?



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 How do i test if user is &nbsp;running a shared version of Windows?<br />
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Sample codes is appreciated.
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 How do i test if user is  running a shared version of Windows?

Sample codes is appreciated.

System Directory

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.