win32_apply.c: add message about known issue with WindowsApps directory

[wimlib] / src / win32_apply.c

diff --git a/src/win32_apply.c b/src/win32_apply.c
index a96fbd4b2ad0a87db774e962067a85f32c29de2b..395e69841820a08da85f4645be4c47cf5f544abe 100644 (file)
--- a/src/win32_apply.c
+++ b/src/win32_apply.c
@@ -1648,8 +1648,24 @@ retry:
                                goto retry;
                        }
                }
                                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;
        }
 
                return WIMLIB_ERR_MKDIR;
        }