Alternatives to Opportunistic Lock Operations

The following operations are of very limited use to Win32®-based applications. Probably the only practical use for these operations at the Win32 level is to test a network redirector or a server opportunistic lock handler.

Typically, file systems implement support for opportunistic locks. Applications generally leave opportunistic lock management to the file system drivers. Anyone implementing a file system for Windows 2000 should use the Installable File System (IFS) Kit for Windows 2000.

Anyone developing a device driver other than an installable file system should use the Windows 2000 Driver Development Kit (DDK).