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I've asked this in another newsgroup but so far, despite a lot of help, I'm
still stuck.
Until I installed SP2 I had one of my own files in place of the
Microsoft-supplied c:\windows\system32\drivers\gm.dls - the default sounds
for Direct X. I made a file with the (somewhat different) sounds I wanted
and simply called my file by that name and placed it in that diretory after
making a backup copy of the old file. The Microsoft version of the file was
also in c:\windows\driver cache.
Since SP2, gm.dls replaces itself almost instantly and I can't delete or
rename a file to that name. I was told I could delete gm.dls from the
dllcache directory, but that copy also renews itself - from where?
I've tried replacer.cmd but it doesn't have gm.dls in its database.
Is there a way to circumvent Windows File Protection without dangerous and
complicated processes (I'm too new at this to be confortable editing the
Registry) - for instance, is there a list somewhere of the files covered by
this process, so that I can exempt this one file from constant and unwanted
renewal? Or another location from which dllcache gets its copy (if that is
what happens)?
One previous answer referred to 'lastknowngood' but I don't know what or
where this is.
It seems that if you know what to do, you can tell Direct X to look for
another named file for its sounds - but how?
All help gratefully received.
still stuck.
Until I installed SP2 I had one of my own files in place of the
Microsoft-supplied c:\windows\system32\drivers\gm.dls - the default sounds
for Direct X. I made a file with the (somewhat different) sounds I wanted
and simply called my file by that name and placed it in that diretory after
making a backup copy of the old file. The Microsoft version of the file was
also in c:\windows\driver cache.
Since SP2, gm.dls replaces itself almost instantly and I can't delete or
rename a file to that name. I was told I could delete gm.dls from the
dllcache directory, but that copy also renews itself - from where?
I've tried replacer.cmd but it doesn't have gm.dls in its database.
Is there a way to circumvent Windows File Protection without dangerous and
complicated processes (I'm too new at this to be confortable editing the
Registry) - for instance, is there a list somewhere of the files covered by
this process, so that I can exempt this one file from constant and unwanted
renewal? Or another location from which dllcache gets its copy (if that is
what happens)?
One previous answer referred to 'lastknowngood' but I don't know what or
where this is.
It seems that if you know what to do, you can tell Direct X to look for
another named file for its sounds - but how?
All help gratefully received.