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Protection for System Files

This section describes how Microsoft® Windows® protects system files.

Windows File Protection (Windows 2000 and later) and System File Protection (Windows Me) protect Windows operating system files from being replaced with unknown or incompatible versions. System File Protection is not supported on Windows 98.

File protection is implemented differently on Windows 2000 and later versions than it is on Windows Me. These differences are described in the following topics:

Windows File Protection (Windows 2000 and later)

System File Protection (Windows Me only)