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  1. Core ReactOS
  2. CORE-19291

GetAdaptersAddresses fails to return Friendly Name for ReactOS Loopback Adapter

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Major
    • 0.4.16
    • RosDlls
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      In working on some problems with iphlpapi.dll in ReactOS I found that the GetAdaptersAddresses function does not correctly return a FriendlyName for the Loopback Adapter (127.0.0.1). I wrote a program to show the results and tested this on ReactOS, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 SP2. After more searching it became apparent that in Windows the name of the FriendlyName is the same as the AdapterName and this is hard-coded into iphlpapi.dll and tcpip.sys. Also, this hard-coded name is not localized on either the German version as confirmed by reactosfanboy and neither is it localized on the Spanish version as confirmed by julenuri. I have attached a patch that fixes this problem for me.

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