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Can You Shim Applications Virtualized in SoftGrid?
When talking about application compatibility and mitigations, virtualization is almost always mentioned as part of the discussions. This could be machine virtualization or application virtualization....
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What Modules Do I Need to Include when Configuring Shim Parameters?
A question came up in the comments of one of my posts, and I think the answer is important enough to elevate to more than just another comment (and I didn't even answer completely in that quick...
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Why You Don't Need to Copy and Paste from the System Shim Database (And What...
I hear about a bug now and again with Compatibility Administrator [CompatAdmin]. It always surprises me when I hear about the bug, because you can only hit it if you are trying to do something that...
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System Shim Database Entries: They May Not Work, and How To Modify Them If...
I received one comment on my recent blog post on copying from the system shim database, which I think is worthy of discussion as I have heard similar questions before:I have found previously (under...
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Applying Shims (Compatibility Fixes) to Child Processes Using Layers...
A comment came up on a recent posting regarding modules, inquiring about processes. Specifically:Do these included/excluded modules have to be in the same process, or can they include other processes...
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Enabling Diagnostic Output from Shims
A question came up today:Are any event logs produced when you run an application with applied shims? I've tried different variations of shims trying to get the desired results with no luck. It's...
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Modifying Directory ACLs with the OpenDirectoryAcl Shim
I received a request to talk about a particular shim. And yes, I received that request over a month ago, so ... sorry about that. Nonetheless, I've managed to scratch out a little niche of time to...
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Resolve Issues with Windows Resource Protection using the WRPMitigation Shim
Every now and again, I bump up against a setup application (it's almost always a setup application) that tries to drop older versions of protected operating system files. It's fairly easy to mitigate,...
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Documentation Update for the Application Compatibility Toolkit
Last week, we updated the documentation for the Application Compatibility Toolkit. It's kind of hidden, though - if you go to the Application Compatibility Toolkit download page, you will find a new...
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Putting It All Together: Using My Ramblings to Solve Real Problems
I send out a lot of links to my articles in response to questions that come up, but the other day I had a chance to use a pile of them to solve a fairly complicated problem end to end. So, I figured...
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How Long Can the Command Line Argument Be for a Shim on Windows Vista?
I had a comment come up on an earlier post:"FYI, I've hit a limitation with CorrectFilePaths - the maximum amount of data that can be entered in the parameter field is 512 bytes - not enough to fix...
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CompatAdmin How Do I Shim Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
When you come across issues debugging applications, there are typically several ways to solve them. Today, I'm going to pick on our own stuff and throw a few different shims at it. Interestingly...
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CorrectFilePaths Has to Point to a Directory Which Exists
A question came up via comments. (I was going to say that it came up recently, but another glance reveals that it came up in, oh, June. I don’t think I can fairly call that recent…)“…the fix seems only...
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Shimming Applications on Windows Vista 64-Bit
The same question came up two times in 26 minutes (on the same discussion list, no less), so I figured I’d answer it once here as that seems a reasonable indicator that others may have the same...
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What does the MoveIniToRegistry Shim Do?
I’m still catching up with requests to talk about stuff – here’s one that came in back in June (and just came again today from somebody else):“MoveIniToRegistry clearly requires parameters, but there's...
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Changes to the Operating System Layers (Compatibility Modes) in Windows 7
It’s visible in the beta, but I haven’t heard a lot of people talking about this externally. Regardless, I wanted to shed some light on what happened, and add a bit of the human perspective behind the...
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Why Custom Actions get a Windows Vista Version Lie on Windows 7
Those of you who write application installers using Windows Installer may have noticed a bit of a change in the behavior of version checking in Windows 7 – if you happen to be doing your version...
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ComputerWorld Article on Shims
ComputerWorld did a story on shims featuring my session from TechEd North America – check it out: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133382
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PCA Changes for Windows 7: How To Tell Us You are Not an Installer, Take 2...
I have an ongoing conversation with a customer whose application is now popping up a Program Compatibility Assistant dialog box, where it didn’t used to before (on either Windows Vista or Windows 7...
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Stock Viewer Shim Demo Application - Now Available in Japanese!
I have had the Stock Viewer Shim Demo application available for over a year now, and I'm delighted at how much impact it has had. I see people using this all the time! But previously it was available...
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