Comments on: AlphaVSS – Bringing Windows Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to .NET

By: DeCaf

DeCaf — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:18:34 +0000

For anyone still reading here, the windows compatibility issues should be resolved with version 0.8. Please report any failures or successes in using it (on the CodePlex message-board please, not here

By: DeCaf

DeCaf — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:38:57 +0000

I really hope to get around to this windows compatibility issues shortly. If you guys find out anything, please keep me posted on your findings.

And please note that I moved the projects to CodePlex, so please continue any further discussion there.

(And please keep the comments coming

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:40:47 +0000

Hi,

I’m getting what Nic Bedford is getting. XP is fine but on Vista x64, compiling as an x86 app i’m getting an ‘Unexpected System Error’ exception with a HRESULT of 0×80131501. Any ideas?

Nic! did you have any luck solving this.

By: DeCaf

DeCaf — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:24:44 +0000

Hi,

I don’t know how many different dll’s there actually needs to be. I have finally gotten around to actually installing VMWare with most current versions of Windows (2003, XP, Vista and 2008, both x86 and x64) and hopefully I will get around to testing this in a short while. It is my guess that the compiler flags are not correctly checked for anything but XP and Vista currently, but as I said, I’m hoping to be able to fix this shortly.

(I recently got a job so unforunately I have much less time at my disposal, but I will get around to it =)

By: John

John — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:22:20 +0000

This looks excellent. I need DLL for Server 2008 and Swerver 2003. Do i actually need to compile the Source against the SDK on the actual operating system, or is it just a compilation flag that needs to be set ….

Thanks for all your efforts and I’ll let you know how the integration of this goes into latest software.

Cheers.

By: Larry S

Larry S — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:24:43 +0000

Beautiful work, it looks like this fills in a gap that I was fearing. I am currently running Win 2008, Vista 64, and XP on boxes with compilers. I am going to explore some and I will try to provide feedback as I make the attempts.

By: DeCaf

DeCaf — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:43:35 +0000

Recently I have been completely occupied with finishing my master thesis project, looking for a job and so on, so I have not had the time to write sample apps or write an article at Code Project. Hopefully I will get time to do this soon.

Regarding the 64-bit problems I have no idea unfortunately, since I haven’t tried 64-bit development yet.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:38:12 +0000

Nice work, hope you continue and toss in some sample apps, have you thougt about posting to Code Project?

Todd

By: Nic Bedford

Nic Bedford — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:46:53 +0000

Hi DeCaf,

I have been using AlphaVSS some more, and everything is working ok in my program on x86 Vista, but when I try and run on x64 Vista i am getting problems.

I know there are issues with 64 bit process’ can’t load a 32 bit dll etc…

So I set the build type to be x86 in my program, but when i call

[code]InitializeForBackup(null);[/code]

I get an ‘Unexpected System Error’ exception with a HRESULT of 0×80131501. Any ideas?

By: Nic Bedford

Nic Bedford — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:26:36 +0000

Thanks, it was the SetContext I was missing