Some applications obtain the shell desktop folder and invoke the Release() method too many times, resulting in the object being destroyed prematurely. This compatibility fix invokes the AddRef() method on the desktop folder returned by the SHGetDesktopFolder function to counteract the erroneous Release().
Some applications may have difficulty adjusting to the differences in folder structure between Windows 9x and Windows XP. ...
Some applications may lose focus and are unable to regain it due to Windows XP window manager changes. This compatibility ...
Some applications may use dynamically loaded DLLs, which could potentially issue calls to static DLLs before the application ...
Some applications may use static DLLs, which could potentially issue calls to APIs before the application is ready. This ...
Some applications obtain the shell desktop folder and invoke the Release() method too many times, resulting in the object ...
Some applications perform non-standard admin checks such as calling GetTokenInformation to retrieve TokenGroups then compare ...
Some applications read the process performance data registry value to determine if they are the only instance of the application ...
Some applications require that a block of memory be mapped at B0000 as it is on Windows 9x. This compatibility fix will map ...
Some applications require that the CloseProfileUserMapping API call fail. On Windows XP, there is no way for this API to ...