For one internal build, Windows 95 contained an evil message
October 31, 2019Oct 31, 201910/31/19Another prank from the user interface team.
October 31, 2019Oct 31, 201910/31/19October 31, 2019Oct 31, 201910/31/19The program “G” is preventing you from shutting down
October 30, 2019Oct 30, 201910/30/19Minding your character set.
If you suppress GDI+ background thread, then you are expected to pump messages yourself
October 29, 2019Oct 29, 201910/29/19That stuff is now happening on your thread.
Did you hear that story about Bill Gates?: A PR person’s view
October 28, 2019Oct 28, 201910/28/19They've heard them all.
Why does FormatMessage say that %0 terminates the message without a trailing newline? Is it secretly adding newlines?
October 25, 2019Oct 25, 201910/25/19 Well, it's not FormatMessage that's adding the newline.
If you want to terminate on an unexpected exception, then don’t sniff at every exception; just let the process terminate
October 24, 2019Oct 24, 201910/24/19Get the stack before it unwinds.
Why can’t I create a “Please wait” dialog from a background thread to inform the user that the main UI thread is busy?
October 23, 2019Oct 23, 201910/23/19Reversal of fortune.
What’s the difference between the hotkeys F6 and Alt+F6?
October 22, 2019Oct 22, 201910/22/19Switching between things, but different things.
When I tell the file or folder picker that I want only file system files and folders, why does it still show virtual folders?
October 21, 2019Oct 21, 201910/21/19Because there might be a file hiding under it.
C++/WinRT implementation extension points: abi_guard, abi_enter, abi_exit, and final_release
October 18, 2019Oct 18, 201910/18/19Coming in, going out, and going away.