The Old New Thing

The Windows 8.1 ship-it awards were yellow

October 17, 2016 Oct 17, 2016 10/17/16

Raymond Chen

Code name Blue.

How can I force memory to be allocated above the 4GB boundary (for debugging purposes) on Windows 7?

October 14, 2016 Oct 14, 2016 10/14/16

Raymond Chen

Sadly, no easy solution.

Dubious security vulnerability: Attacking the application directory in order to fool yourself?

October 13, 2016 Oct 13, 2016 10/13/16

Raymond Chen

Look over there. Ha ha made you look.

Nasty gotcha: The inadvertently named resource

October 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016 10/12/16

Raymond Chen

No such thing as undefined.

Oh, you’re with them?

October 11, 2016 Oct 11, 2016 10/11/16

Raymond Chen

Unconscious biases in the workplace.

A Little Program to fix one particular type of mojibake

October 10, 2016 Oct 10, 2016 10/10/16

Raymond Chen

Keep your eye on the code page.

How can I get the default code page for a locale?

October 7, 2016 Oct 7, 2016 10/7/16

Raymond Chen

Ask GetLocaleInfo.

How do I cancel autoplay from a wizard page?

October 6, 2016 Oct 6, 2016 10/6/16

Raymond Chen

You need to listen on the top-level window.

Why doesn’t my custom-drawn trackbar get a paint notification when the position changes from 1 to 0?

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16

Raymond Chen

It had no visible effect.

Wow, that’s amazing. You got Picabo Street and Alberto Tomba to autograph the same poster!

October 4, 2016 Oct 4, 2016 10/4/16

Raymond Chen

Partly true.