goto retry;
}
}
- winnt_error(status, L"Can't create directory \"%ls\"",
- current_path(ctx));
+ const wchar_t *path = current_path(ctx);
+ winnt_error(status, L"Can't create directory \"%ls\"", path);
+
+ /* Check for known issue with WindowsApps directory. */
+ if (status == STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED &&
+ (wcsstr(path, L"\\WindowsApps\\") ||
+ wcsstr(path, L"\\InfusedApps\\"))) {
+ ERROR(
+"You seem to be trying to extract files to the WindowsApps directory.\n"
+" Windows 8.1 and later use new file permissions in this directory that\n"
+" cannot be overridden, even by backup/restore programs. To extract your\n"
+" files anyway, you need to choose a different target directory, delete\n"
+" the WindowsApps directory entirely, reformat the volume, do the\n"
+" extraction from a non-broken operating system such as Windows 7 or\n"
+" Linux, or wait for Microsoft to fix the design flaw in their operating\n"
+" system. This is *not* a bug in wimlib. See this thread for more\n"
+" information: https://wimlib.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=261");
+ }
return WIMLIB_ERR_MKDIR;
}
ctx->target_ntpath.Buffer[target_ntpath_nchars - 1] == L'\\')
target_ntpath_nchars--;
+ /* Also remove extra slashes from the beginning of 'relpath'. Normally
+ * this isn't needed, but this is here to make the extra slash(es) added
+ * by wimlib pre-v1.9.1 get removed automatically. */
+ while (relpath_nchars >= 2 &&
+ relpath[0] == L'\\' && relpath[1] == L'\\') {
+ relpath++;
+ relpath_nchars--;
+ }
+
fixed_subst_name_nchars = target_ntpath_nchars + relpath_nchars;
wchar_t fixed_subst_name[fixed_subst_name_nchars];