The Old New Thing

How can I obtain the heap from which a heap block was allocated?

May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 05/31/18

Raymond Chen

You'll have to keep track of that yourself.

When you call Open­Thread­Token while impersonating, you have to say who is asking for the thread token

May 30, 2018 May 30, 2018 05/30/18

Raymond Chen

I am for you.

The alphabet, in alphabetical order, in various languages

May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018 05/29/18

Raymond Chen

From A to Z, or beyond.

How do I get file version information from the command line?

May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018 05/29/18

Raymond Chen

PowerShell does for you.

How are BitBlt raster opcodes calculated?

May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 05/28/18

Raymond Chen

The complicated language of raster operation codes.

My namespace importing trick imported the same three namespaces into each top-level namespace, yet it worked?

May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018 05/25/18

Raymond Chen

They are different namespaces, spelled the same.

How do I create a disabled checkbox for a listview item?

May 24, 2018 May 24, 2018 05/24/18

Raymond Chen

A little state image magic.

If you say that your buffer can hold 200 characters, then it had better hold 200 characters

May 23, 2018 May 23, 2018 05/23/18

Raymond Chen

Otherwise the mistake is on you.

Why does the install date and size of a program change roughly two days after I install it, even though no changes were made to the program in the meantime?

May 22, 2018 May 22, 2018 05/22/18

Raymond Chen

Because the system is trying to fill in missing information.

Maintaining Notepad is not a full-time job, but it’s not an empty job either

May 21, 2018 May 21, 2018 05/21/18

Raymond Chen

Adding features by removing code.