Article ID: 106663 - Last Review: November 21, 2006 - Revision: 4.1

INFO: Accessing the Macintosh Resource Fork

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SUMMARY

Resource forks are implemented as NTFS streams named AFP_Resource. There is no structure to the fork; it is exactly whatever the Macintosh writes to it. The resource fork can be written to using standard Win32 application programming interfaces (APIs). Refer to the forks as <FileName>:AFP_Resource.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
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kbinfo kbkernbase kbfileio KB106663
 

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