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IVdsService::CleanupObsoleteMountPoints method (vds.h)

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[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]

Removes user-mode paths and mounted folders for volumes that no longer exist.

Syntax

HRESULT CleanupObsoleteMountPoints();

Return value

This method can return standard HRESULT values, such as E_INVALIDARG or E_OUTOFMEMORY, and VDS-specific return values. It can also return converted system error codes using the HRESULT_FROM_WIN32 macro. Errors can originate from VDS itself or from the underlying VDS provider that is being used. Possible return values include the following.

Return code/value Description
S_OK
 Outdated user-mode paths and mounted folders were removed successfully.
VDS_E_INITIALIZED_FAILED
0x80042401L
 VDS failed to initialize. If an application calls this method before the service finishes initializing, the method is blocked until the initialization completes. If the initialization fails, this error is returned.

Remarks

By default, the registry retains the drive-letter mapping information for uninstalled volumes. If the disk that contains the volume is removed from the computer, the registry entry is retained, so that if the disk and volume return to the same computer, the volume receives the same drive letter. If the disk is moved to a new computer, the registry entries do not move with it, so the volume might receive a different drive letter and volume GUID.

The CleanupObsoleteMountPoints method removes these registry entries. There are three types of registry entries that are removed:

  • If the volume does not have a drive letter or a volume GUID, it has a "no drive letter" registry entry, which is removed by this method.
  • Otherwise, the volume has registry entries for a volume GUID and possibly a drive letter. Both are removed by this method.
In addition, if the volume contains any mounted folders, CleanupObsoleteMountPoints removes them. For example, if Volume1 on Disk1 is being removed and Volume1 is mounted as x:\MountVolume1 on Disk2, the \MountVolume1 folder on Disk2 is also deleted.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header vds.h
Library Uuid.lib

See also

IVdsService