I plan to use a single product installer (using MSI) to install to the full
range of MS platforms. I would hope to use mini-filter if the filter manager
is present and only drop back to a legacy filter driver otherwise.
So … what is the recommendation as to how should I discriminate the cases
within the installer? Do I check for existence of FltMgr.sys? Do I look for
some filter manager registry entries? Do I check the service packs,
“knowing” that XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 have the filter manager?
Are there any guidelines on this yet? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
Brian
A good install question – I plan on querying the Service Control Mgr to see
if the FltMgr driver is “loaded” (running state).
Unfortunately, installing a driver using an .INF file is not directly
supported in the Windows Installer framework so you end up customizing
driver installs completely.
/ted
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Collins [mailto:xxxxx@iOra.com]
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:20 AM
To: Windows File Systems Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntfsd] Installing a choice of drivers
I plan to use a single product installer (using MSI) to install to the full
range of MS platforms. I would hope to use mini-filter if the filter manager
is present and only drop back to a legacy filter driver otherwise.
So … what is the recommendation as to how should I discriminate the cases
within the installer? Do I check for existence of FltMgr.sys? Do I look for
some filter manager registry entries? Do I check the service packs,
“knowing” that XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 have the filter manager?
Are there any guidelines on this yet? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
Brian
Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
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Brian,
You can do either of the following:
- Query the SCM for fltmgr being running as Ted pointer out.
- Lookup the registry for the presence of the fltmgr service key
definition.
- Detect the presence of the \FileSystem\Filters\FltMgr device object.
Decide on the mechanism which suites your needs.
Thanks
Ravinder
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“Ted Hess” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> A good install question – I plan on querying the Service Control Mgr to
see
> if the FltMgr driver is “loaded” (running state).
>
> Unfortunately, installing a driver using an .INF file is not directly
> supported in the Windows Installer framework so you end up customizing
> driver installs completely.
>
> /ted
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Collins [mailto:xxxxx@iOra.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:20 AM
> To: Windows File Systems Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntfsd] Installing a choice of drivers
>
>
> I plan to use a single product installer (using MSI) to install to the
full
> range of MS platforms. I would hope to use mini-filter if the filter
manager
> is present and only drop back to a legacy filter driver otherwise.
>
> So … what is the recommendation as to how should I discriminate the
cases
> within the installer? Do I check for existence of FltMgr.sys? Do I look
for
> some filter manager registry entries? Do I check the service packs,
> “knowing” that XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 have the filter manager?
>
> Are there any guidelines on this yet? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
> https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
>
> You are currently subscribed to ntfsd as: xxxxx@livevault.com To
unsubscribe
> send a blank email to xxxxx@lists.osr.com
>
Thanks
Brian
“Ravinder Thind” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> Brian,
>
> You can do either of the following:
>
> 1. Query the SCM for fltmgr being running as Ted pointer out.
> 2. Lookup the registry for the presence of the fltmgr service key
> definition.
> 3. Detect the presence of the \FileSystem\Filters\FltMgr device object.
>
> Decide on the mechanism which suites your needs.
>
> Thanks
> Ravinder
> –
> This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> “Ted Hess” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> > A good install question – I plan on querying the Service Control Mgr to
> see
> > if the FltMgr driver is “loaded” (running state).
> >
> > Unfortunately, installing a driver using an .INF file is not directly
> > supported in the Windows Installer framework so you end up customizing
> > driver installs completely.
> >
> > /ted
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Collins [mailto:xxxxx@iOra.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:20 AM
> > To: Windows File Systems Devs Interest List
> > Subject: [ntfsd] Installing a choice of drivers
> >
> >
> > I plan to use a single product installer (using MSI) to install to the
> full
> > range of MS platforms. I would hope to use mini-filter if the filter
> manager
> > is present and only drop back to a legacy filter driver otherwise.
> >
> > So … what is the recommendation as to how should I discriminate the
> cases
> > within the installer? Do I check for existence of FltMgr.sys? Do I look
> for
> > some filter manager registry entries? Do I check the service packs,
> > “knowing” that XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 have the filter manager?
> >
> > Are there any guidelines on this yet? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
> > —
> > Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
> > https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
> >
> > You are currently subscribed to ntfsd as: xxxxx@livevault.com To
> unsubscribe
> > send a blank email to xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> >
>
>
>