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'''Windows File Protection''' ('''WFP'''), a sub-system included in [[Microsoft Windows]] [[operating system]]s of the [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows XP]] era, aims to prevent programs from replacing critical Windows [[system file]]s.<ref name="h795">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krByP88msCwC&pg=PA99 |title=Configuring Windows 2000 without Active Directory |publisher=Syngress |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-08-047672-8 |page= |pages=99–105 |access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref><ref name="c359">{{cite book |last=Carvey |first=H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsdAX92FWBgC&pg=PA180 |title=Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit: Advanced Analysis Techniques for Windows 7 |publisher=Syngress |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-59749-728-2 |page=180 |access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref><ref name="b652">{{cite book |last=Hart-Davis |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy8_GF42WCIC&pg=PA439 |title=Mastering Windows XP Home Edition |publisher=Wiley |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7821-5059-9 |page=439 |access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref> Protecting core system files mitigates problems such as [[DLL hell]] with programs and the operating system. Windows 2000, [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Server 2003]] include WFP under the name of ''Windows File Protection''; [[Windows Me]] includes it as '''System File Protection''' ('''SFP''').

== Operation ==