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#1 [deXter]

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Posted 06 November 2004 - 12:30 PM

Hi,
I wanna know in which language/platform the exe's that are run at NT boot time are made and how.

Ie, programs like chkdsk (autochk.exe) , PerfectDisk (PDboot.exe) , PartitionMagic, System Mechanic's RegDefrag (smrgdf.exe) etc are all made using what?

These programs run before the logon screen loads, during bootup, and they are started using this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager
"BootExecute"

These programs do not run under Win32 mode, neither do they run in DOS mode.

What language and what platform? Any resources about this? Any ideas guys?

I'm guessing its C++, but dont know about the libraries/platform etc

Any help please?

Thanks..

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Posted 06 November 2004 - 01:41 PM

This post has been edited by crahak: 07 November 2006 - 07:06 AM

#3 [deXter]

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Posted 06 November 2004 - 11:52 PM

Gee thanks a lot crahak!

Unfortunately I dont dream about ASM and stuff :lol:

Guess I have to go down the hard route..

Anyways I already found some stuff and made a small BootExecute program just for starters ("Hello World!" - what else?