BUG: Win32 SDK Version 3.51 Bug List - WOW and Subsystems (136436)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.51
This article was previously published under Q136436

SUMMARY

This article lists the bugs in the WOW and the OS/2, POSIX, and Windows on Win32 (WOW) Subsystems that were known at the time the product was released.

MORE INFORMATION

This list is divided into two sections: WOW and Subsystems.

WOW

  • Windows NT loses long file names saved by 16-bit Windows-based applications.
  • 16-bit Windows-based applications require DLLs on the local machine.
  • GetExitCodeProcess() does not return exit codes for 16-bit Windows-based applications in WOW.
  • Locking at negative offsets fails in WOW.
  • WOW incorrectly handles the FBSTP instruction.
  • WOW incorrectly handles FISTP DWORD PTR.
  • GetWindowPlacement() returns the wrong length in WINDOWPLACEMENT in WOW.
  • WOW EndDeferWindowPos() does not return a nonzero value for success.
  • You cannot change the number of NetBIOS names available for WOW.
  • GetMessageTime() can return a value greater than GetCurrentTime() returns.
  • Custom focus does not work in WOW.
  • WOW WNetServerBrowseDialog() returns WM_SUCCESS, not WM_CANCEL, when the user clicks the Cancel button.
  • WOW WNetDisconnectDialog() returns error 5 for printers under WOW, even printers connected explicitly with the NET USE command.
  • Printing from 16-bit Windows-based applications using old quick linker fails in WOW.

Subsystems

  • A remote NetUserAdd from the OS/2 subsystem causes an internal OS/2 subsystem error.
  • Calls to OS/2 DosSemClose can fail if another process called DosSemWait on the same semaphore.
  • OS/2 queue handles should be enumerated starting from 1, not 0.
  • OS/2 DosPeekQueue causes a general protection (GP) fault in the OS/2 subsystem.
  • POSIX printf does not handle EINTR.
  • POSIX does not handle NTFS_MAX_LINK_COUNT.
  • Command prompt is changed by MS-DOS-based applications upon exit.
  • INT 21, function 60 returns incorrect UNC handles.
  • The mouse pointer is reset with Full Screen MS-DOS-based applications.
  • The mouse pointer trapped in the upper-left corner with MS-DOS-based applications.
  • VddInstallHook() does not block duplicate mappings.
  • Line-by-line scrolling by pressing CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN does not work in an MS-DOS-based editor if NUM LOCK is enabled.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/12/2000
Keywords:KB136436
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