GNU bug report logs - #57386
29.0.50; support make-symbolic-link without admin priviledge on Windows

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 57386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kien.n.quang <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#57386: 29.0.50; support make-symbolic-link without admin priviledge on Windows
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:59:10 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  57386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:35:39 +0800
> 
> Kiên Nguyễn Quang <kien.n.quang <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > There is LTS branch of Windows that gets updated regularly and doesn't
> > have to update to a newer release build.  Those users (mostly
> > enterprise users/devs) will get the ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, I've
> > tested that.
> 
> What about Windows 95 and 98? Will reading the registry to obtain the
> API version return correct values there as well?

It should, although I never had a chance of testing that.

But the patch eventually submitted doesn't access the Registry at all.

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