Hi,
There is absolutely no way
that two identical file names can exist in a single windows
directory.
However, that being
said:
You could have a file called
jaws.exe and a file called JAWS.exe
Note, the second one is all
capital letters.
However, even at that, you
should be able to tell jaws, which app you are using. Even if the .exe file is
called the same name, the app should be called something
else.
pat
From:
main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Friday 8 May 2020 15:43
To:
main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: A powerful JAWS flaw I have
found
And how can two file names be exactly the same? Do you have
an example?
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Arkadiusz Swietnicki
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020
2:36 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: A powerful JAWS
flaw I have found
Hello,
As many of you probably know, JAWS identifies individual
applications by their file name. This method is used to load script filers,
configurations and so on. However what if we have two applications with the
same file name? A wrong scripts and configurations will be loaded leading to
some serious errors!
My suggestion therefore is to use the manifest as the
identifier of the individual application, and fallback to the file name only
when strictly necessary (no Manifest present).
