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Originally Posted by Bushrod
If that's true, then please explain to me how we are able to delete file that are copied with initflashfiles.dat? Do we have magic roms? Read Only Memory, but only sometime?
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Yep, Bushrod is correct. I just deleted mfc80u.dll from the \Windows\oem folder and gained about 700k in storage memory. So the files copied by initflashrom take up storage memory.
Thank you for bringing that to light, Bushrod... it is good to know because people need to be aware of that fact when building OEM packages. I hereby propose a rule (or guideline
). Unless an app absolutely demands to be somewhere else, files are to be kept in
\Windows (their default location) and registry entries, shortcuts, etc must be altered to look for the app in \Windows. Initflashfiles.txt should only be used to place shortcuts or other very small files on other parts of the device. This will best preserve people's precious storage memory.
Unfortunately, this is quite a limitation of the rom cooking process, but it can be worked around fine. It's just not ideal. Symbolic links would have been so much better.
Ah well, onward and upward.