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VirtualProtectEx(3w)

NAME

VirtualProtectEx (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL VirtualProtectEx
(
HANDLE process,
LPVOID addr,
SIZE_T size,
DWORD new_prot,
LPDWORD old_prot
)

DESCRIPTION

Changes the access protection on a region of committed pages in the virtual address space of a specified process.

PARAMS

process [In] Handle of process.

addr [In] Address of region of committed pages.

size [In] Size of region.

new_prot [In] Desired access protection.

old_prot [Out] Address of variable to get old protection.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE.

Failure: FALSE.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/virtual.c".

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