PRB: GetVolumeInformation() Fails with UNC Name

Last reviewed: September 25, 1995
Article ID: Q119219

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with:

    - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.1, 3.5, and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

GetVolumeInformation() fails and GetLastError() returns 123 (ERROR_INVALID_NAME) if a UNC name is used. The UNC name has the form \\<SERVER>\<SHARE>.

RESOLUTION

GetVolumeInformation() requires an extra backslash with UNC names, so that the name has the form \\<SERVER>\<SHARE>\.

Additional reference words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: BseMisc

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Last reviewed: September 25, 1995
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