The sad history of the C++ throw(…) exception specifier September 28, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 09/28/18 Raymond Chen I promise not to throw, but who's going to check?
Can you wear wallpaper on your feet? You can if it’s a PARTY.BMP! September 27, 2018 Sep 27, 2018 09/27/18 Raymond Chen Wearing your history.
Considering the performance implications of converting recursion to an explicit stack September 27, 2018 Sep 27, 2018 09/27/18 Raymond Chen Another game of trade-offs and balances.
What does the thread parameter to SetWindowsHookEx actually mean? September 26, 2018 Sep 26, 2018 09/26/18 Raymond Chen What does it mean to be "associated" with a thread?
How do I prevent my program’s temporary documents from appearing in Search? September 25, 2018 Sep 25, 2018 09/25/18 Raymond Chen Put them in the right place.
Why does the compiler turn my conditional loop into an infinite one? September 24, 2018 Sep 24, 2018 09/24/18 Raymond Chen It's all in the threading.
Why is regsvr32 exiting with code 3? September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18 Raymond Chen Coming up with theories and ways to test those theories.
What do the various regsvr32 exit codes mean? September 20, 2018 Sep 20, 2018 09/20/18 Raymond Chen Reporting which step the problem occurred at.
Why did every Windows 3.0 DLL have an exported function called WEP? September 19, 2018 Sep 19, 2018 09/19/18 Raymond Chen The Windows Exit Procedure.
Why is Alt+F4 the hotkey for closing a window? Why not Alt+F5 or Alt+F3? September 18, 2018 Sep 18, 2018 09/18/18 Raymond Chen It was the next one available.