Image Writer

subst drive causes launch error

Bug #1281788 reported by Ric Yeates
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Image Writer
Triaged
High
Tobin Davis

Bug Description

My Windows 7 system has this subst list.
C:\> subst
E:\: => C:\EDRIVE

When I launch Win32 Disk Imager I get a dialog box with this message:
An error occurred when attempting to get a handle on \\.E:\.
Error 5: Access is denied.

After dismissing the dialog, the application works normally.

A little annoying, but not a show-stopper.

Revision history for this message
Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote :

I'll look into this as soon as possible. Likely similar to the other Error 5 issues we have been seeing.

Changed in win32-image-writer:
assignee: nobody → Tobin Davis (gruemaster)
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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote :

For this to be resolved on our end, we will need to add code that can detect and close other apps that have an open connection to the selected device (other apps appear to have this capability). Need to figure it out in the APIs and code accordingly.

Changed in win32-image-writer:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote :

I think part of the issue may now be resolved. I reworked the code that mapped logical->physical drives. Still need to do more testing.

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