PRB: VirtualProtect Limitations on Windows 95

 Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q170426
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: - Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

VirtualProtect() and VirtualProtectEx() functions fail with ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER when you are setting access protection for a region of pages committed to a memory-mapped file.

CAUSE

VirtualProtect and VirtualProtectEx are not supported for memory that is mapped to the shared memory region (addresses between 2 GB and 3 GB), and the system memory regions (addresses between 3 GB and 4 GB). Since all memory-mapped files in Windows 95 are mapped to this region, the VirtualProtect functions are not supported for them.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: The VirtualProtect and VirtualProtectEx() functions may succeed under certain circumstances when attempting to set access protection to PAGE_READONLY or PAGE_NOACCESS for pages in the shared memory regions. This behavior should not be relied upon, and can cause other undesirable behavior.

Additional query words: 95 VirtualProtect VirtualProtectEx Win95
Keywords : BseMm
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : Win95
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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