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OpenPrivateNamespaceW function (namespaceapi.h)

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Opens a private namespace.

Syntax

HANDLE OpenPrivateNamespaceW(
  [in] LPVOID  lpBoundaryDescriptor,
  [in] LPCWSTR lpAliasPrefix
);

Parameters

[in] lpBoundaryDescriptor

A descriptor that defines how the namespace is to be isolated. The CreateBoundaryDescriptor function creates a boundary descriptor.

[in] lpAliasPrefix

The prefix for the namespace. To create an object in this namespace, specify the object name as prefix\objectname.

Return value

The function returns the handle to the existing namespace.

Remarks

To compile an application that uses this function, define _WIN32_WINNT as 0x0600 or later.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header namespaceapi.h
Library Kernel32.lib
DLL Kernel32.dll

See also

ClosePrivateNamespace
CreateBoundaryDescriptor
CreatePrivateNamespace
Object Namespaces