ImagePath format
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From: David F. on 23 Apr 2010 16:27 Hi, When should the "\systemroot\system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format be used over the "system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format in the service ImagePath registry entry? What's the difference? TIA!!
From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 23 Apr 2010 16:41 I think they are the same. -- Maxim S. Shatskih Windows DDK MVP maxim(a)storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com "David F." <df2705(a)community.nospam> wrote in message news:910A536F-3735-499F-AF1D-EEBA754FD1FC(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > When should the "\systemroot\system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format be used > over the "system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format in the service ImagePath > registry entry? What's the difference? > > TIA!! >
From: Pavel A. on 23 Apr 2010 16:47 "David F." <df2705(a)community.nospam> wrote in message news:910A536F-3735-499F-AF1D-EEBA754FD1FC(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > When should the "\systemroot\system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format be > used over the "system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format in the service > ImagePath registry entry? What's the difference? The two paths you've mentioned are actually same, because relative paths stem from systemroot. Probably this depends on how the service has been installed. Some utilities create relative paths, some - absolute. Regards, --pa
From: Alexandre Grigoriev on 24 Apr 2010 13:13 I think the driver will get loaded OK from System32\Drivers even if its name is specified without any path. "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim(a)storagecraft.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:e5PeZVy4KHA.1924(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I think they are the same. > > -- > Maxim S. Shatskih > Windows DDK MVP > maxim(a)storagecraft.com > http://www.storagecraft.com > > "David F." <df2705(a)community.nospam> wrote in message > news:910A536F-3735-499F-AF1D-EEBA754FD1FC(a)microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> >> When should the "\systemroot\system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format be >> used >> over the "system32\drivers\drivername.sys" format in the service >> ImagePath >> registry entry? What's the difference? >> >> TIA!! >>
From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 24 Apr 2010 16:40
>I think the driver will get loaded OK from System32\Drivers even if its name > is specified without any path. You also can omit ImagePath at all, the default is \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ServiceName.sys PnP installer will create an ImagePath for you though. -- Maxim S. Shatskih Windows DDK MVP maxim(a)storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com |