Apr 14, 2017
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How can I atomically leave a critical section and delete it?
Even if you could, it wouldn't help you.
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Apr 13, 2017
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Can memcpy go into an infinite loop? Why is it being blamed for a busy hang?
Look at the bigger picture.
Apr 12, 2017
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How do I get the current directory for a non-current drive?
GetFullPathName will tell you.
Apr 11, 2017
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The Windows 8 close gestures, a retrospective
Top to bottom.
Apr 10, 2017
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When I enable page heap, why is my one-byte buffer overrun not detected immediately?
I thought that was the point of page heap.
Apr 7, 2017
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If I have a thread waiting on an event, and I call SetEvent immediately followed by ResetEvent, is the waiting thread guaranteed to be released?
Congratulations, you reinvented PulseEvent.
Apr 6, 2017
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What can I do if I want to throw a C++ exception from my InitOnce callback?
There's the naïve solution and a sneakier one.
Apr 5, 2017
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How do I programmatically obtain the user’s selected accent color in Windows 10?
It's in the UISettings object.
Apr 4, 2017
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Microspeak: snap
To take a snapshot of the source code in order to produce a build.
Apr 3, 2017
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How do I create a shortcut in the Send To menu that runs a program with a command line option?
Put the option in the shortcut target.