Oct 16, 2015
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I have the handle to a file; how can I get the file name from the debugger?
Build the call on the stack.
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Oct 15, 2015
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What’s the difference between UuidFromString, IIDFromString, CLSIDFromString, GUIDFromString…
Mostly the same if what you have is a stringized GUID; otherwise...
Oct 14, 2015
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The MoveSecurityAttributes policy affects only how Explorer recalculates ACLs when a file is moved; everybody else is on their own
GUI policies tend not to apply to command line tools.
Oct 13, 2015
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Why do Saturation and Luminance go all the way to 240, but Hue goes only to 239? And why 239 anyway?
Mapping a floating point number to a byte.
Oct 12, 2015
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How do I get the user-customed name of My Computer or Recycle Bin?
Ask the shell. That is, after all, how the shell displays it.
Oct 9, 2015
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Learning about farm animals from my niece
Things you don't learn in biology class.
Oct 9, 2015
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How does a shell namespace extension provide icons for virtual items that track the standard icons set by the user’s file associations?
Forward to the standard implementation.
Oct 8, 2015
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What happens if you call VirtualAlloc to MEM_COMMIT a page you never MEM_RESERVE?
It is not guaranteed to succeed.
Oct 7, 2015
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How do we change permissions on a share as fast as Explorer does it?
First, make sure you're changing the permissions on a share.
Oct 6, 2015
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First, try reading the error message, episode 4: Even programmers see error messages without reading them
Here we go again.