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WOF_EXTERNAL_INFO structure (ntifs.h)

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The WOF_EXTERNAL_INFO structure identifies a file backing provider and the overlay service version it supports.

Syntax

typedef struct _WOF_EXTERNAL_INFO {
  ULONG Version;
  ULONG Provider;
} WOF_EXTERNAL_INFO, *PWOF_EXTERNAL_INFO;

Members

Version

The overlay service version. Set to WOF_CURRENT_VERSION.

Provider

The identifier of the data source provider. Valid provider identifiers are WOF_PROVIDER_WIM for the Windows Image Format (WIM) provider, and WOF_PROVIDER_FILE for the individual compressed file provider. WOF_PROVIDER_WIM is available starting with Windows 8.1 Update, WOF_PROVIDER_FILE is available starting with Windows 10.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8.1 Update
Header ntifs.h (include Ntifs.h, Fltkernel.h)

See also

WOF_EXTERNAL_FILE_ID

WOF_VERSION_INFO