I've been trying to follow the instructions to install the example VSS hardware provider that comes with the Windows SDK. Unfortunately COM refuses to register the DLL, giving the following output: Unregistering the existing application... - Create the catalog object - Get the Applications collection - Populate... - Search for [...] read more
Both the solutions mentioned in "VSS Hardware provider" are not helpful. I executed following instructions to install VssSampleProvider Setup (refered from https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/VSS-Sample-Provider-3096be2a/sourcecode?fileId=58709&pathId=1834493409). (1) Install the virtual storage driver as follows: a. Navigate to the Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86 directory in the Windows SDK. This directory contains virtualstoragevss.sys and vstorcontrol.exe. (2) [...] read more