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I'm not sure Microsoft gives an official name for "\\?\". The closest I can find is "To specify an extended-length path, use the "\\?\" prefix." (from https://
by thoth 10y ago
I'm not sure Microsoft gives an official name for "\\?\".
The closest I can find is "To specify an extended-length path, use the "\\?\" prefix." (from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3...).
So maybe it is the "extended-length path prefix".
- cataphract 10y agoYou can also use that prefix to access volumes that have no mount point, as in \\?\Volume{<UUID>}, among other things like UNC paths (\\?\UNC\...). So that's not a good name.