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   R.Wieser to All   
   Re: use a drives guid instead of its let   
   02 May 24 11:17:54   
   
   XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Vanguard,   
      
   > The syntax you cited is for UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) which   
   > is a Microsoft-ism on Windows.   
      
   I know.   
      
   The thing is that because it looked like an UNC you decided it must be one.   
      
   ... which, from the rest of my previous post, you can see it isn't.   
      
   > I expected that moving back from the resource pointer wouldn't work,   
   > but it's a shot worth trying.   
      
   :-) Which is why I tried it (before starting this thread) myself.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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