weihuisheng Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Anyone could tell me??How windows files protection works??which file stores the protect files' information??Can I delete some informations from it then make some files unprotected??Thanks~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 hi windows file protection (WFP) works by checking the file versions from System32\dllcache with the ones on your computer, if they are altered it replaces them, for modders this can be a pain, so alot of ppl just disable sfc (System file checker)u can activate SFC by typing SFC /SCANNOW in run & u can disable WFP by registry tweaks, or modding the file on your XP CDregards, HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weihuisheng Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 thanks MCTI know what you said.I have read some about this from microsoft.but I wonder how we could find the list of protected files.How we can modify it if possible.so we can protect some customized files.I remember I saw it somewhere,but I forgot it.so ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 if u add the customized files 2 your XP CD replacing the old 1's u can use custom files that way, or u can put them in the dllcache folder & use them that way ( i think thats what your meaning)but 80% of files XP comes with by default are protected system files, most of the .exe's & .dll's areBut i dont know of EVERY file, sorry hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideas Man Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Most files in the system32 directory are protected system files, they are also commonly blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weihuisheng Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 Thanksmaybe what I remember is wrong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 What's been said is not neccessarily true. If you replace a protected file while it's in use, windows will try to restore it. But if you replace a protected file outside of windows, or in safe mode, it shouldn't try to replace the file on startup. In other words, there is no boot time scan of all protected files to make sure theyre the right version, i expect this to happen in longhorn.Secondly, there is no master list of protected files in xp, although there is a list in windows me. The list of protected files is different on each system and is determined by the catalog files. Just putting a file in the dllcache will probably not make it protected. There is no way to add a file to the protected files, unless you use a catalog. This might be added to longhorn.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weihuisheng Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 thanks~waiting for the longhorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weihuisheng Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Another question about this.I reduced the dllcache size to 0 MB,but the windows files protection still work.Why?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideas Man Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I'd say that there's a special file or something that contains the information about the originals, if you delete the dllcache stuff, it just keeps asking you fort he CD i spose, or, if you have SP1 installed, obtains it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MStest Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 dasm sfcfile.dll, you can find WFP files list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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