File Manager's Mechanism for Sensing File System Changes

Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
Article ID: Q67725
3.00 3.10 WINDOWS kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

The Windows File Manager automatically updates its directory information any time a Windows-based or MS-DOS-based application creates, renames, or deletes a file.

This information is not available for use by application developers, and there are no future plans to make this information public.


Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: KrFileIO
Keywords : kb16bitonly


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Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
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