2018 year-end link clearance December 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 12/31/18 Raymond Chen We made it to the end!
The case of the orphaned critical section despite being managed by an RAII type December 28, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 12/28/18 Raymond Chen Rolling up the debugging sleeves.
SHOpenRegStream does not mix with smart pointers December 27, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 12/27/18 Raymond Chen Old school meets new school, again.
Don’t forget: std::pair does lexicographical ordering, so you don’t have to December 26, 2018 Dec 26, 2018 12/26/18 Raymond Chen Let it do the comparing.
How do I save the results of a file search in Explorer? Not the query itself, but the results December 25, 2018 Dec 25, 2018 12/25/18 Raymond Chen Copy them to the clipboard.
Random internal Windows terminology: IDW, Razzle, and their forgotten partners IDS and Dazzle December 24, 2018 Dec 24, 2018 12/24/18 Raymond Chen A peek behind the history of the terms.
On the attempts to resurrect Space Cadet Pinball December 21, 2018 Dec 21, 2018 12/21/18 Raymond Chen Not many options remain.
In 16-bit Windows, some per-process data structures were really per-data segment December 20, 2018 Dec 20, 2018 12/20/18 Raymond Chen You just have to set up a private data segment.
It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Hanging the loader December 19, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 12/19/18 Raymond Chen You're already there. No need to brag.
How come Explorer reports higher disk space used on my volume than my third party disk space tool? December 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 12/18/18 Raymond Chen It's probably in a place your tool can't see.