Re: tools/wine.inf: Add a symlink for WindowsNT.CurrentVersion.Print.Printers

[Alexandre Julliard]

Detlef Riekenberg  writes:
> @@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM1:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
>  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM2:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
>  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM3:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
>  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM4:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> +HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Print\Printers,"SymbolicLinkValue",0x60000,"\Registry\Machine%Control%\Print\Printers"

It looks like it should be the other way around.

tools/wine.inf: Add a symlink for WindowsNT.CurrentVersion.Print.Printers

[Detlef Riekenberg]

On Mi, 2010-02-17 at 11:15 +0100, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> Detlef Riekenberg  writes:
> > @@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM1:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM2:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM3:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM4:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> > +HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Print\Printers,"SymbolicLinkValue",0x60000,"\Registry\Machine%Control%\Print\Printers"
>
> It looks like it should be the other way around.

All current Code read and write to  
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print*

When creating the registry symlink the other way around,
how does it work with existing installations?

I tested the other symlink:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
has the magic entry (SymbolicLinkValue with REG_LINK)
with (cannot display value) as data,
but the link doesn't work.

Creating the link target (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\Print\Printer) doesn't help.

Deleting the current data followed by a "wineboot -u" doesn't help.

tools/wine.inf: Add a symlink for WindowsNT.CurrentVersion.Print.Printers

[Alexandre Julliard]

Detlef Riekenberg  writes:
> On Mi, 2010-02-17 at 11:15 +0100, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> > Detlef Riekenberg  writes:
> > > @@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM1:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> > >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM2:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> > >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM3:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> > >  HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Ports,"COM4:",2,"9600,n,8,1"
> > > +HKLM,%CurrentVersionNT%\Print\Printers,"SymbolicLinkValue",0x60000,"\Registry\Machine%Control%\Print\Printers"
> >
> > It looks like it should be the other way around.
>
> All current Code read and write to  
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print*
>
> When creating the registry symlink the other way around,
> how does it work with existing installations?

One way is to delete the old data if you find it and recreate the
symlink. Another way is to keep updating the old place instead of the
new one if it already exists. But for new setups we should do it right.