The Definitive Guide on Win32 to NT Path ConversionPosted by James Forshaw, path’ological reverse engineer. How the Win32 APIs process file paths on Windows NT is a tale filled with backwards compatibility hacks, weird behaviour, and beauty†. Incorrect handling of Win32 paths can lead to security vulnerabilities. This blog post is to try and give a definitive* guide on the different types of paths supported by the OS. I’m going to try and avoid di
