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- DOCUMENT:Q103925 28-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Applications Use the MUP or the WNet API for Network Access
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- A Multiple UNC (uniform naming convention) Provider (MUP) is a network
- resource locator that runs in kernel-mode memory in Windows NT. The
- types of resources it locates are based on UNC. Applications use
- either UNC names or the WNet API to access resources on the network.
-
- UNC names are a method of identifying share names on a network. A
- typical UNC name begins with two backslashes followed by a server
- name:
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- \\server\share\subdirectory\filename
-
- WNet is a part of the Win32 API set that allows applications running
- on Windows NT workstations to connect to multiple networks, browse
- resources, and transfer data between computers on other networks. File
- Manager is an example of how the WNet functionality is implemented to
- provide network browsing and connections to other computers.
-
- The MUP is a program unlike TDI and NDIS boundary layers. The MUP
- receives commands containing UNC names from applications and sends the
- name to each registered UNC provider, LAN Manager workstation, and any
- others that are installed. When a provider identifies a UNC name as
- it's own, the MUP automatically redirects future instances of that
- name to that provider.
-
- Registry information about the MUP is in the following path:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mup
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: netsrv
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