Why is my call to ChangeTimerQueueTimer having no effect? (And another case of looking past the question to solve the problem.)

Raymond ChenDecember 30, 2015Dec 30, 201512/30/15

Because it’s too late.

Determining how each Explorer window is sorted

Raymond ChenDecember 28, 2015Dec 28, 201512/28/15

Ask for the sort criteria.

When is the correct time to call FreeLibraryWhenCallbackReturns?

Raymond ChenDecember 25, 2015Dec 25, 201512/25/15

Any time during the execution of the callback is fine.

Why does my in-place tooltip dismiss itself as soon as it appears?

Raymond ChenDecember 24, 2015Dec 24, 201512/24/15

Because it’s detecting itself.

Confusing gotcha: PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR is not a pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

Raymond ChenDecember 23, 2015Dec 23, 201512/23/15

It’s just an untyped pointer.

Allocating page file space without allocating RAM

Raymond ChenDecember 21, 2015Dec 21, 201512/21/15

Fixing an old tool.

Are views of memory-mapped files coherent within a single process? (And how this was the wrong question.)

Raymond ChenDecember 18, 2015Dec 18, 201512/18/15

Yes.