Oct 31, 2018
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria party
Raymond Chen
Anyone up for a toga party?
Showing results for October 2018 - The Old New Thing
Raymond Chen
Oct 30, 2018
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What happened to the Arial Unicode MS font?
Raymond Chen
It couldn't do what it was originally created to do.
Oct 29, 2018
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The case of the oplock deadlock poppycock
Raymond Chen
Call Sherlock.
Oct 26, 2018
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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
Raymond Chen
A little nudging here, a little nudging there.
Oct 25, 2018
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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
Raymond Chen
Make everything a multiple of five.
Oct 24, 2018
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Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 2: Second try
Raymond Chen
Intercepting the thumb motion.
Oct 23, 2018
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Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 1: Initial plunge
Raymond Chen
The obvious thing starts to get out of hand.
Oct 22, 2018
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Why does the Entry Point Not Found error dialog sometimes not include the name of the missing entry point?
Raymond Chen
Because the name is too long.
Oct 19, 2018
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File-extending writes are not always synchronous, which is entirely within the contract
Raymond Chen
It is an option but not a requirement.
Oct 18, 2018
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After reporting a non-responsive program to Windows Error Reporting, why does the process spawn a suspended child process?
Raymond Chen
That's just a ghost, a shadow of the original.