INFO: Resource Sections are Read-only

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Under Windows NT, the default top level handler detects writes to resources and will make the resource writable. If you are running outside of a debugger and you have no exception handler, your resource writes will silently work. If you are running under the debugger, your resource write will look like an access violation: This allows you to "fix" your resource writes. If you have the debugger pass on the exception to your application and you have no handler, the default handler will make your resource writable.

The disadvantage of setting the attribute of the resource section to read/write is that Windows NT and Windows 95 will use a separate copy of the resource section for each process that uses this section, instead of one copy for all processes.