How does NTLDR know BOOTVID

Does anyone know how NTLDR get file name of bootvid.dll to load, hard
coded or from registry?

Best Regards
Raymond

It was originally hard-coded. I’m not sure what the plan for Windows Vista
will be, as there are a lot of loader changes.


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Windows Kernel Group

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Does anyone know how NTLDR get file name of bootvid.dll to load, hard
coded or from registry?

Best Regards
Raymond