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Why don’t I get thumbnails for files that are marked offline?

Raymond ChenMay 3, 2017May 3, 201705/3/17

A customer deployed a data archival system that migrates files to network-attached storage after a period of inactivity. The customer reported that when a file is archived, they are no longer able to see thumbnails in Explorer. The customer contacted the vendor of the archival system, and the vendor explained that the archival system's default...

Microspeak: Work-back

Raymond ChenMay 2, 2017May 2, 201705/2/17

A work-back schedule is a schedule created by taking a final deadline and "working backwards" in order to determine intermediate deadlines. For example, suppose we want our feature to go out in the last Windows Insider build of the year, so that we can gather results during the holiday break. The Windows Insider team tells us that their last ...

Those blue boxes all over the place, I always wondered what they were for

Raymond ChenMay 1, 2017May 1, 201705/1/17

I was at the post office waiting my turn at the kiosk. The group in front of me consisted of three teenage girls. After purchasing their postage and affixing it to their letter, they looked around, confused. "What's the problem?" I asked. "What do I do now?" ask the girl holding the letter. "Um, you put it in a post box," I answered. The ...

Why doesn’t SHGetFileInfo give me customized folder icons?

Raymond ChenMay 1, 2017May 1, 201705/1/17

A customer reported that they were unable to obtain cutomized folder icons. Whenever they asked for the icon for a folder, they always got a plain folder icon, Even if they asked for folders like My Documents, which come with their own custom icons. The customer says that they are using the code from this Web site: As I noted some time ago, ...

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May 2017 | Page 3 of 3 | The Old New Thing

Why don’t I get thumbnails for files that are marked offline?

Microspeak: Work-back

Those blue boxes all over the place, I always wondered what they were for

Why doesn’t SHGetFileInfo give me customized folder icons?

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