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Re: Managed mounts and .exe files (Was Re: cp, install, and the .exe extension)
On Feb 21 23:07, Robert R Schneck wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > FWIW, WinNT/2k/XP allow executables to not have a .exe extension.
>
> I wasn't aware of it, and haven't been able to figure it out in a couple
> of minutes of playing around and Googling. How?
On NT, the CreateProcess call allows any name, also with no extension,
as executable file name. Not so on 9x/Me.
Corinna
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- From: Robert R Schneck-McConnell
- Managed mounts and .exe files (Was Re: cp, install, and the .exe extension)
- Re: Managed mounts and .exe files (Was Re: cp, install, and the .exe extension)