Named Pipes Under WOW

Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q94948

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT versions 3.1 and 3.5

A 16-bit Windows-based application under Windows on Win32 (WOW) may use a named pipe that was created previously by a Win32-based application; however, REDIR.EXE must be included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file for this to work properly.

Note that for local named pipes, networking doesn't need to be enabled.

Additional reference words: 3.10 3.50
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: SubSys

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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