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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday October 02, 2016 @06:08PM (#12624527)
Surely something like the Windows app packaging / sandbox model would be implemented in userland - how the heck could it possibly BSOD a machine? That's just astounding.
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Re:Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store by withinrafael on Sunday October 02, 2016 @07:55PM (#12624883)
Boils down to kernel drivers using RtlQueryRegistryValues and expecting to access a trusted system hive, not the Centennial redirected one. Oops.
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