January 2016

A puzzle involving dynamic programming, or maybe it doesn’t, episode 2

January 18, 2016 Jan 18, 2016 01/18/16

Raymond Chen

Once again, the hint is wrong.

What does this crash in TppRaiseHandleStatus mean?

January 15, 2016 Jan 15, 2016 01/15/16

Raymond Chen

Imagining how a feature was written.

When you start talking about numbers as small as 2⁻¹²², you have to start looking more closely at the things you thought were zero

January 14, 2016 Jan 14, 2016 01/14/16

Raymond Chen

Do the math.

My program for faking debugging demos

January 13, 2016 Jan 13, 2016 01/13/16

Raymond Chen

Looking behind the curtain.

Getting one’s paycheck from some mysterious pile of money

January 12, 2016 Jan 12, 2016 01/12/16

Raymond Chen

But at least you get to visit the receptionist.

Creating a shell extension that applies only to files with a very specific name

January 11, 2016 Jan 11, 2016 01/11/16

Raymond Chen

The AppliesTo tag.

The FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE flag applies to the handle, also known as the file object, which is not the same as the file

January 8, 2016 Jan 8, 2016 01/8/16

Raymond Chen

The file on disk, the representation of the file, and the reference to the representation of the file.

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Attacking the system clock

January 7, 2016 Jan 7, 2016 01/7/16

Raymond Chen

Tick.

Why does the mouse cursor jump a few pixels when you right-click on the Start button?

January 6, 2016 Jan 6, 2016 01/6/16

Raymond Chen

To make it easy to click the first item.

Why did Windows NT decline to support an undocumented flag to TrackPopupMenuEx?

January 5, 2016 Jan 5, 2016 01/5/16

Raymond Chen

Duh.

The Old New Thing

January 2016 - Page 2 of 3 - The Old New Thing

A puzzle involving dynamic programming, or maybe it doesn’t, episode 2

What does this crash in TppRaiseHandleStatus mean?

When you start talking about numbers as small as 2⁻¹²², you have to start looking more closely at the things you thought were zero

My program for faking debugging demos

Getting one’s paycheck from some mysterious pile of money

Creating a shell extension that applies only to files with a very specific name

The FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE flag applies to the handle, also known as the file object, which is not the same as the file

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Attacking the system clock

Why does the mouse cursor jump a few pixels when you right-click on the Start button?

Why did Windows NT decline to support an undocumented flag to TrackPopupMenuEx?

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