Adding a New File System Driver

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• Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

8/28/2008

You can add a new file system driver (FSD) to a device by assigning appropriate values in the registry.

This procedure assumes you have created a new file system driver. For more information about how to create a new FSD, see File System Driver Creation.

To add a new file system driver

1. Map the partition table byte value in common.reg to a file system name string.

   Add an entry to the partition table key in common.reg

   - or -

   Modify an existing entry in the partition table provided in common.reg.

   For example, the following setting maps the partition table with byte value 93 to "MYFSD":

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\PartitionTable]
      "93"="MYFSD"
   

2. Navigate to the file system key name you created or modified, and provide the name of the file system DLL.

   For example, if the file system key name is "MYFSD", the following setting specifies that MYFSD uses MyFSD.dll:

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\MYFSD]
      "Dll"="MyFSD.DLL"
   

3. Provide any other needed settings.

   For example, set the name of the DLL that contains file system utilities to MyFSDUtil.dll, and enable paging by setting the Paging value to 1.

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\MYFSD]
      "Dll"="MyFSD.DLL"
      "Util"="MyFSDUtil.DLL"
      "Paging"=dword:1
   

See Also

Concepts

Installable File System Drivers
File System Driver Creation
File System Driver Registry Settings
Partition Manager