Tuesday, July 05, 2011

File System Redirection - How to target the real system32 directory

"32-bit applications can access the native system directory by substituting %windir%\Sysnative for %windir%\System32. WOW64 recognizes Sysnative as a special alias used to indicate that the file system should not redirect the access. This mechanism is flexible and easy to use, therefore, it is the recommended mechanism to bypass file system redirection. Note that 64-bit applications cannot use the Sysnative alias as it is a virtual directory not a real one."


The above is correct.. in your scripts just make sure your target "%windir%\Sysnative" and your file will go where you intended it to go. 

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