Reference

GetDriveType16(3w)

NAME

GetDriveType16 (KRNL386.136)

SYNOPSIS

UINT16 GetDriveType16
(
UINT16 drive
)

PARAMS

[In] number (NOT letter) of drive.

DESCRIPTION

Get the type of a drive in Win16.

RETURNS

The type of the Drive. For a list see GetDriveTypeW from kernel32.

NOTES

Note that it returns DRIVE_REMOTE for CD-ROMs, since MSCDEX uses the remote drive API. The return value DRIVE_REMOTE for CD-ROMs has been verified on Win 3.11 and Windows(tm) 95. Some programs rely on it, so don't do any pseudo-clever changes.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "wine/winbase16.h".

Implemented in "dlls/krnl386.exe16/file.c".

Debug channel "file".

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