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PendMoves
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Date added: 03/01/2005 |
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There are several applications, such as service packs and hotfixes, that must replace a file that's in use and is unable to. Windows therefore provides the MoveFileEx API to rename or delete a file and allows the caller to specify that they want the operation to take place the next time the system boots, before the files are referenced. Session Manager performs this task by reading the registered rename and delete commands from the HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations value.
This applet dumps the contents of the pending rename/delete value and also reports an error when the source file is not accessible. |
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Junction
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Hits: 4 |
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Date added: 03/01/2005 |
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Win2K's version of NTFS supports directory symbolic links, where a directory serves as a symbolic link to another directory on the computer. For example, if the directory D:SYMLINK specified C:WINNTSYSTEM32 as its target, then an application accessing D:SYMLINKDRIVERS would in reality be accessing C:WINNTSYSTEM32DRIVERS. Directory symbolic links are known as NTFS junctions in Win2K. Unfortunately, Win2K comes with no tools for creating junctions - you have to purchase the Win2K Resource Kit, which comes the linkd program for creating junctions. I therefore decided to write my own junction-creating tool: Junction. Junction not only allows you to create NTFS junctions, it allows you to see if files or directories are actually reparse points. Reparse points are the mechanism on which NTFS junctions are based, and they are used by Win2K's Remote Storage Service (RSS), as well as volume mount points.
If you want to view reparse information, the usage for Junction is the following:
Usage: junction [-s] <directory or file name>
-s Recurse subdirectories.
If you want to create or delete a junction, use Junction like this:
Usage: junction [-d] <junction directory> [<junction target>]
To delete a junction specify the -d switch and the junction name.
-Source code:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/jnctnsrc.zip |
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DiskExt
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Date added: 03/01/2005 |
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DiskExt demonstrates the use of the IOCTL_VOLUME_GET_VOLUME_DISK_EXTENTS command that returns information about what disks the partitions of a volume are located on (multipartition disks can reside on multiple disks) and where on the disk the partitions are located. |
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ClockRes
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Date added: 03/01/2005 |
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Ever wondered what the resolution of the system clock was, or perhaps the maximum timer resolution that your application could obtain? The answer lies in a simple function named GetSystemTimeAdjustment, and the ClockRes applet performs the function and shows you the result. ClockRes works on Windows NT/2K only, and does not take any command-line arguments. |
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Debug View
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Date added: 01/26/2005 |
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DebugView is an application that lets you monitor debug output on your local system, or any computer on the network that you can reach via TCP/IP. It is capable of displaying both kernel-mode and Win32 debug output, so you don’t need a debugger to catch the debug output your applications or device drivers generate, nor do you need to modify your applications or drivers to use non-standard debug output APIs.
DiskMon works on NT 4.0 and higher. |
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