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  1. January 9th, 2003, 11:02 PM #1
    simonh
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    Question Formatting a removable disk drive

    Trying to find a function that you can use to format a disk drive. Cannot seem to locate an API function to display the standard windows format dialog.

    If it's not possible to access these dialogs directly has anyone come across a class to do the job?

    Any help would be much appreciated.
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  2. January 9th, 2003, 11:08 PM #2
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    a) attachment does not appear to be attached....

    b) These dialogs are tyipically difficult to directly access (the best/worst) example is the RAS environment!). You may need to duplicate the functionallity and under the desired conditions call the API routines directly.
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  3. January 10th, 2003, 03:55 AM #3
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    Here's the function you're looking for:

    SHFormatDrive Function

    Opens the Shell's Format dialog.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ormatdrive.asp

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  4. January 10th, 2003, 06:02 AM #4
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    Dan is quite correct. The Shell object can do it.

    I was responding " Is there a WINAPI function" when responding earlier rather than "Is there a way...".

    My point of view was swayed by the forum the question was posted in as well as the phrasing of the original post.

    My apologies.
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