What is the main difference between the symbolic link and "device object Name".

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Hi,
What is the main difference between the symbolic link and “device object Name”.

is there any disadvantage of having a symbolic link.

Thanks
Govinda

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Symbolic Link is a representative of the object name , which can used in
user mode to get the handle for a particular driver with a device obj name…

Shiva P

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“device object Name”.

Hi,
What is the main difference between the symbolic link and “device
object Name”.

is there any disadvantage of having a symbolic link.

Thanks
Govinda

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