The Old New Thing

Dulce et decorum est pro patria party

October 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2018 10/31/18

Raymond Chen

Anyone up for a toga party?

What happened to the Arial Unicode MS font?

October 30, 2018 Oct 30, 2018 10/30/18

Raymond Chen

It couldn't do what it was originally created to do.

The case of the oplock deadlock poppycock

October 29, 2018 Oct 29, 2018 10/29/18

Raymond Chen

Call Sherlock.

How do I prevent users from using the mouse to drag the trackbar thumb to positions that aren’t multiples of five? Part 2: Nudging the thumb position

October 26, 2018 Oct 26, 2018 10/26/18

Raymond Chen

A little nudging here, a little nudging there.

How do I prevent users from using the mouse to drag the trackbar thumb to positions that aren’t multiples of five? Part 1: Reframe the problem

October 25, 2018 Oct 25, 2018 10/25/18

Raymond Chen

Make everything a multiple of five.

Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 2: Second try

October 24, 2018 Oct 24, 2018 10/24/18

Raymond Chen

Intercepting the thumb motion.

Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 1: Initial plunge

October 23, 2018 Oct 23, 2018 10/23/18

Raymond Chen

The obvious thing starts to get out of hand.

Why does the Entry Point Not Found error dialog sometimes not include the name of the missing entry point?

October 22, 2018 Oct 22, 2018 10/22/18

Raymond Chen

Because the name is too long.

File-extending writes are not always synchronous, which is entirely within the contract

October 19, 2018 Oct 19, 2018 10/19/18

Raymond Chen

It is an option but not a requirement.

After reporting a non-responsive program to Windows Error Reporting, why does the process spawn a suspended child process?

October 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018 10/18/18

Raymond Chen

That's just a ghost, a shadow of the original.