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Re: 1.7 installation failed (on network drive?)

2009/12/15 Corinna Vinschen:
> \?? is a shortcut for the DOS device subdirectory in the native NT
> namespace. Â"C:\foo" in DOS is "\??\C:\foo" in native NT speak.
> "\\server\share" in DOS is "\??\UNC\server\share".

Shouldn't that be '\\?' rather than '\??' though?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_%28computing%29#Uniform_Naming_Convention

Andy
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