JSI Tip 9183. When a Windows Installer package copies files to a local shared folder using the UNC path in Windows Server 2003, the file time stamp is reset to the current time?
Jerold Schulman
March 22, 2005
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The subject behavior occurs because of a problem in the Shadow I/O feature of the Windows redirector.
The only way to workaround this behavior, until the problem is resolved in a future service pack, is to disable the Shadow I/O feature:
1. Open a CMD.EXE window on the Windows Server 2003 computer.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:
reg add "HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMRxSmbParameters" /V DisableShadowLoopback /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
3. Install the package.
4. Enable the Shadow I/O feature:
reg add "HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMRxSmbParameters" /V DisableShadowLoopback /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0
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