Virtual File System
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No, I don't want a Shell Namespace Extension, I want something similar. What I want to achieve is something (actually, my problem is more complex, but you can use this as a pretty good example) like the Zip folders on Windows XP, but I would like that every Windows application could access it, not only the shell. I don't know if I'm being clear here, what I want to achieve is to "map" a zip file in a drive letter. The most similar thing to what I'm trying to do is the M:\ drive on the Exchange Server 2000. So, what do I need to do? A device driver? A filter driver? Can you point me to some example? Kant wrote: Actually she replied back to me "You shouldn't fix the bug. You should kill it"
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No, I don't want a Shell Namespace Extension, I want something similar. What I want to achieve is something (actually, my problem is more complex, but you can use this as a pretty good example) like the Zip folders on Windows XP, but I would like that every Windows application could access it, not only the shell. I don't know if I'm being clear here, what I want to achieve is to "map" a zip file in a drive letter. The most similar thing to what I'm trying to do is the M:\ drive on the Exchange Server 2000. So, what do I need to do? A device driver? A filter driver? Can you point me to some example? Kant wrote: Actually she replied back to me "You shouldn't fix the bug. You should kill it"
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No, I don't want a Shell Namespace Extension, I want something similar. What I want to achieve is something (actually, my problem is more complex, but you can use this as a pretty good example) like the Zip folders on Windows XP, but I would like that every Windows application could access it, not only the shell. I don't know if I'm being clear here, what I want to achieve is to "map" a zip file in a drive letter. The most similar thing to what I'm trying to do is the M:\ drive on the Exchange Server 2000. So, what do I need to do? A device driver? A filter driver? Can you point me to some example? Kant wrote: Actually she replied back to me "You shouldn't fix the bug. You should kill it"
Try googling for Galen Hunt at Microsoft Research. He wrote something presented on a Usenix conference some years ago that would let you implement a filesystem in user- (i.e. x86 ring3)-mode. If you get something working using this approach it would be nice to see an article here at CP about it. :-)