Message-Id: <200004031633.MAA21665@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: "Parker, Ron" To: Matt Cc: "'cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: RE: Known DLLS (Was: Mo Dejong's install problems) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:29:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > From: Matt [mailto:matt AT use DOT net] > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Parker, Ron wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU] > > > > > > > A long time ago, I added Cygwin dll to the "Known DLLs" list, > > > but I don't > > > remember if I saw any significant improvements. > > > > > > > > FWIW, Microsoft added a new "feature" to "Known DLLs" with > Windows 2000. If > > a file is listed as a "Known DLL" nothing may replace it short of an > > operating system service pack. If you try replacing it, > success will be > > reported but nothing will be changed. Microsoft will > re-replace it with a > > cached copy that you cannot modify. > What you are referring to in Win2k is "system File > Protection". I read a MS article that implied that a Known DLL is under "System File Protection", now known as "Windows File Protection". After performing a test I determined that it was merely coincidental that all of the default "Known DLLs" on my machine were under WFP. Adding a new file to "Known DLLs" does not cause it to be WFP'd. Please ignore my original post. :^)