{"version":"2.1.233","anchor":"windows-device-paths-recognised","canonical_anchor":"windows-device-paths-recognised","heading":"Windows \\??\\ device paths recognised","tier":"notice","area":"Windows","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.233\/e\/windows-device-paths-recognised","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.233","markdown":"### Windows `\\??\\` device paths recognised\n\nWindows object-manager paths are now recognised as device paths and handled like the other odd forms.\n\n**What**\n\nPath canonicalisation and the network-path check previously matched only the `\\\\?\\` and `\\\\.\\` device prefixes. They now also match the `\\??\\` object-manager form, including after Windows normalisation of paths containing `??`, so those paths skip canonicalisation and are treated as device paths.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`e1c = \/^[\\\\\/]\\?\\?[\\\\\/]\/;`\n\n- Area: Windows\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}