Editing Windows API (section)

===Base Services===
Base services include features such as the [[file system]], [[Computer hardware|devices]], [[Process (computing)|processes]], [[Thread (computer science)|threads]], and [[error handling]]. These functions reside in <samp>kernel.exe</samp>, <samp>krnl286.exe</samp> or <samp>krnl386.exe</samp> files on 16-bit Windows, and <samp>[[kernel32.dll]] and KernelBase.dll</samp> on 32 and 64 bit Windows. These files reside in the folder <samp>\Windows\System32</samp> on all versions of Windows.<ref name="msdn-base">[[Microsoft Developer Network]] (July 2005). ''[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/winprog/base_services.asp Base Services.]'' Retrieved August 28, 2005.</ref>