Re: [ros-dev] ReactOS versioning

[Alex Ionescu]

"this" is the Shim Database :)

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo <
elhoir(a)gmail.com&gt; 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) <
>  gigaherz(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt;pierre(a)reactos.org&gt; 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" &lt;gedmurphy.maillists(a)gmail.com&gt;
> > > >  Sent: ‎10/‎03/‎2015 10:27 PM
> > > >  To: "'ReactOS Development List'" &lt;ros-dev(a)reactos.org&gt;
> > > >  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:[e-mail]] 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,
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >  --
> > >  Pierre Schweitzer &lt;pierre(a)reactos.org&gt;
> > >  System & Network Administrator
> > >  Senior Kernel Developer
> > >  ReactOS Deutschland e.V.
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