Why does upgrading my project to Unicode cause Visual Studio to use a different version of the common controls?
October 31, 2017Oct 31, 201710/31/17Because it’s now possible.
October 31, 2017Oct 31, 201710/31/17October 31, 2017Oct 31, 201710/31/17Should I name my file mapping after the file it was created from?
October 30, 2017Oct 30, 201710/30/17Well, it depends on why you’re giving it a name at all.
How do I preserve the user’s notification icon preferences for my program after I update it?
October 27, 2017Oct 27, 201710/27/17Give it a GUID.
How do I prevent my registered hotkey from firing repeatedly due to auto-repeat?
October 26, 2017Oct 26, 201710/26/17You can ask for auto-repeat to be ignored.
Why was the Windows 95 precursor project code-named Panther abandoned?
October 25, 2017Oct 25, 201710/25/17Didn’t fit in a 4-megabyte bag.
When I use Alt+PrtSc to take a screen shot of a maximized window, why does it capture a few pixels from an adjacent monitor?
October 24, 2017Oct 24, 201710/24/17Because it’s hanging over the edge.
A closer look at the complexity analysis of finding the k’th smallest element in two sorted arrays
October 23, 2017Oct 23, 201710/23/17Let’s calculate it properly.
On the gradual improvements in how the system deals with the failure to initialize a critical section
October 20, 2017Oct 20, 201710/20/17Gradually improve the situation until the problem vanishes completely.
How do I create a shortcut whose target is specified by a relative path?
October 19, 2017Oct 19, 201710/19/17It’s already in there.
I used WS_EX_COMPOSITED to get rid of my redrawing flicker, but it resulted in sluggish response
October 18, 2017Oct 18, 201710/18/17The system needs to know when to present the back-buffer.