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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Forcing SYSTEMROOT (opinions needed)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 18:55:19 -0500 
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> So we have to trade the possibility of someone wanting 
> complete control of
> his environment versus the possibility of someone not 
> specifying SYSTEMROOT
> but needing it for the program that is about to be run.
> 
> Should I flip a coin?

Since the Winsock dll is dynamically loaded via LoadLibrary, would it be
possible to fill out SYSTEMROOT just prior to the load?