start_info.lpDesktop is LPWSTR entity, but it says this is const wchat_t*?
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I am a complete noob using C++, i just want to re-compile an exploit.
I got the error:
you can not assign a value of type "const wchar_t *" to an entity of type "LPWSTR"
c++ visual-c++
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I am a complete noob using C++, i just want to re-compile an exploit.
I got the error:
you can not assign a value of type "const wchar_t *" to an entity of type "LPWSTR"
c++ visual-c++
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
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asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
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– Jesper Juhl
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LPWSTRis defined aswchar_t*, versusconst wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.
– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11
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I am a complete noob using C++, i just want to re-compile an exploit.
I got the error:
you can not assign a value of type "const wchar_t *" to an entity of type "LPWSTR"
c++ visual-c++
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
I am a complete noob using C++, i just want to re-compile an exploit.
I got the error:
you can not assign a value of type "const wchar_t *" to an entity of type "LPWSTR"
c++ visual-c++
c++ visual-c++
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
edited Nov 10 at 20:36
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
326k18244430
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
asked Nov 10 at 19:57
ri ru
21
21
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Please always post text rather than images of text.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:26
LPWSTRis defined aswchar_t*, versusconst wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.
– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11
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Please always post text rather than images of text.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:26
LPWSTRis defined aswchar_t*, versusconst wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.
– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11
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Please always post text rather than images of text.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:26
Please always post text rather than images of text.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:26
LPWSTR is defined as wchar_t*, versus const wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
LPWSTR is defined as wchar_t*, versus const wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11
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The lpDesktop field is a LPWSTR (wchar_t*), not a LPCWSTR (const wchar_t *). A wide string literal is a const wchar_t[N] (where N is 16 in your example), which decays to const wchar_t *. You cannot assign a pointer-to-const-data to a pointer-to-non-const-data. That is what the compiler is complaining about.
To assign a string literal to lpDesktop, you need to cast it:
start_info.lpDesktop = (LPWSTR) L"WinSta0\Default";
Or better:
start_info.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"WinSta0\Default");
Otherwise, copy the data to a local non-const wchar_t buffer and use that instead:
WCHAR szDesktop = L"WinSta0\Default";
start_info.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
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The lpDesktop field is a LPWSTR (wchar_t*), not a LPCWSTR (const wchar_t *). A wide string literal is a const wchar_t[N] (where N is 16 in your example), which decays to const wchar_t *. You cannot assign a pointer-to-const-data to a pointer-to-non-const-data. That is what the compiler is complaining about.
To assign a string literal to lpDesktop, you need to cast it:
start_info.lpDesktop = (LPWSTR) L"WinSta0\Default";
Or better:
start_info.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"WinSta0\Default");
Otherwise, copy the data to a local non-const wchar_t buffer and use that instead:
WCHAR szDesktop = L"WinSta0\Default";
start_info.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
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The lpDesktop field is a LPWSTR (wchar_t*), not a LPCWSTR (const wchar_t *). A wide string literal is a const wchar_t[N] (where N is 16 in your example), which decays to const wchar_t *. You cannot assign a pointer-to-const-data to a pointer-to-non-const-data. That is what the compiler is complaining about.
To assign a string literal to lpDesktop, you need to cast it:
start_info.lpDesktop = (LPWSTR) L"WinSta0\Default";
Or better:
start_info.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"WinSta0\Default");
Otherwise, copy the data to a local non-const wchar_t buffer and use that instead:
WCHAR szDesktop = L"WinSta0\Default";
start_info.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
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up vote
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The lpDesktop field is a LPWSTR (wchar_t*), not a LPCWSTR (const wchar_t *). A wide string literal is a const wchar_t[N] (where N is 16 in your example), which decays to const wchar_t *. You cannot assign a pointer-to-const-data to a pointer-to-non-const-data. That is what the compiler is complaining about.
To assign a string literal to lpDesktop, you need to cast it:
start_info.lpDesktop = (LPWSTR) L"WinSta0\Default";
Or better:
start_info.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"WinSta0\Default");
Otherwise, copy the data to a local non-const wchar_t buffer and use that instead:
WCHAR szDesktop = L"WinSta0\Default";
start_info.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
The lpDesktop field is a LPWSTR (wchar_t*), not a LPCWSTR (const wchar_t *). A wide string literal is a const wchar_t[N] (where N is 16 in your example), which decays to const wchar_t *. You cannot assign a pointer-to-const-data to a pointer-to-non-const-data. That is what the compiler is complaining about.
To assign a string literal to lpDesktop, you need to cast it:
start_info.lpDesktop = (LPWSTR) L"WinSta0\Default";
Or better:
start_info.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"WinSta0\Default");
Otherwise, copy the data to a local non-const wchar_t buffer and use that instead:
WCHAR szDesktop = L"WinSta0\Default";
start_info.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
326k18244430
answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
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answered Nov 10 at 20:42
Remy Lebeau
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Please always post text rather than images of text.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:26
LPWSTRis defined aswchar_t*, versusconst wchar_t*. The error says you can't change a constant to mutable.– Barmak Shemirani
Nov 10 at 20:26
Post a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example or there's not really anything we can do to help you.
– Jesper Juhl
Nov 10 at 20:27
They've been cracking down on such practices in VS2017. You can get the old behavior with Project > Properties > C/C++ > Language, "Conformance mode" = No. Or use wcscpy_s() to conform.
– Hans Passant
Nov 10 at 21:11