NAME¶

VirtualProtectEx (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL VirtualProtectEx
(
HANDLE process,
LPVOID addr,
SIZE_T size,
DWORD new_prot,
LPDWORD old_prot
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Changes the access protection on a region of committed pages in the virtual address space of a specified process.

PARAMS¶

process [In] Handle of process. addr [In] Address of region of committed pages. size [In] Size of region. new_prot [In] Desired access protection. old_prot [Out] Address of variable to get old protection.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE. Failure: FALSE.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winbase.h". Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/virtual.c".