Apr 16, 2019
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Microspeak: Occupant compression
Ouch, it hurts when you squeeze me there.
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Apr 15, 2019
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Today is tax day, but it’s also division meeting day, so let’s get you some forms to fill out
Render unto Caesar, but ask for a little more time.
Apr 12, 2019
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How can a desktop app use a Windows Runtime object that infers UI context from its thread? The IInitializeWithWindow pattern
Explicitly associating with a window handle.
Apr 11, 2019
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How can I determine the reason why my window is closing?
Listen for signals.
Apr 10, 2019
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Even if you open a file with GUID, you can still get its name, or at least one of its names
GetFinalPathByHandle works even for files opened by ID.
Apr 9, 2019
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When I select multiple files in the File Open dialog, why does the last item come first?
Because it's the focus.
Apr 8, 2019
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Optimizing your cafeteria meal card stockpile
What's the rate of return on Microsoft cafeteria meal cards?
Apr 5, 2019
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What does it mean when my attempt to stop a Windows NT service fails with ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE?
The Service Control Manager lost contact with the service, but why?
Apr 4, 2019
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Why do we need atomic operations on the 80386, if it doesn’t support symmetric multiprocessing anyway?
You might race with yourself.
Apr 3, 2019
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Dubious security vulnerability: Code execution via LNK file
The hard part is getting them to execute it in the first place.