wil::GetFinalPathNameByHandleW suggestion
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Description
I’m using this in my code, and I see:
wil::VolumePrefix::Dos (default) \\?\C:\Windows\System32\nslookup.exe
wil::VolumePrefix::None \Windows\System32\nslookup.exe
While this Api is just a light wrapper around GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(), I think it would be a nice addition to have “wil::VolumePrefix::DosNoPrefix” (or some similar name) as a convenience that would return C:\Windows\System32\nslookup.exe
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Research direction
Start by locating wil::VolumePrefix and the wrapper around GetFinalPathNameByHandleW. Read how the existing Dos and None values are translated, then add the requested no-prefix behavior so a drive path is returned as C:\Windows\System32\nslookup.exe rather than with the \?\ prefix.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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