The Old New Thing

How does Explorer calculate the “Date” of a file?

September 21, 2023 Sep 21, 2023 09/21/23

Raymond Chen

Mapping the generic concept to specific file types.

Why does my C++/WinRT project get unresolved externals for constructors?

September 20, 2023 Sep 20, 2023 09/20/23

Raymond Chen

You forgot to include the namespace header file, didn't you.

Why did the 16-bit _lopen and _lcreat function return -1 on failure instead of 0?

September 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023 09/19/23

Raymond Chen

Trying to look like somebody else.

When looking to free up disk space, don’t forget your symbol file caches

September 18, 2023 Sep 18, 2023 09/18/23

Raymond Chen

They go all over the place.

How can I prevent myself from using a parameter after I’ve extracted all value from it?

September 15, 2023 Sep 15, 2023 09/15/23

Raymond Chen

You can shadow it with something useless.

I accidentally performed an operation on INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, and it worked: What just happened?

September 14, 2023 Sep 14, 2023 09/14/23

Raymond Chen

Coincidentally valid, but not what you think.

How do I perform a case-insensitive comparison of two strings in the Deseret script?

September 13, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 09/13/23

Raymond Chen

It sort of depends on why you're comparing them.

The odd cadence of narrative engineering design documents

September 12, 2023 Sep 12, 2023 09/12/23

Raymond Chen

Following the rubric off a cliff.

Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware

September 11, 2023 Sep 11, 2023 09/11/23

Raymond Chen

The common pattern of trying to delete yourself.

On transferring or copying ABI pointers between smart pointers

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Raymond Chen

Keep track of who owns the reference.