The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Magical Excel 97 Far East Language Build Screwdriver™

The Magical Excel 97 Far East Language Build Screwdriver™

Raymond Chen November 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 11/19/19

For your magical build needs.

I set the same ACL with the GUI and with <CODE>icacls</CODE>, yet the results are different

I set the same ACL with the GUI and with `icacls`, yet the results are different

Raymond Chen November 18, 2019 Nov 18, 2019 11/18/19

Sometimes your tools lie to you.

My summer vacation: The London Eye

My summer vacation: The London Eye

Raymond Chen November 15, 2019 Nov 15, 2019 11/15/19

Round and round. We'll, really just round. No "and round".

Why does my single-threaded program have multiple threads?

Why does my single-threaded program have multiple threads?

Raymond Chen November 15, 2019 Nov 15, 2019 11/15/19

They're not your threads, but they're in your process.

Can the MTA thread exit while keeping its COM class registrations alive?

Can the MTA thread exit while keeping its COM class registrations alive?

Raymond Chen November 14, 2019 Nov 14, 2019 11/14/19

You can keep the MTA alive without having to dedicate a thread.

Not even getting to the airtight hatchway: Planting files in world-writable directories

Not even getting to the airtight hatchway: Planting files in world-writable directories

Raymond Chen November 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 11/13/19

But who uses that world-writable directory?

How can I copy or move a group of files into a new folder from Explorer?

How can I copy or move a group of files into a new folder from Explorer?

Raymond Chen November 12, 2019 Nov 12, 2019 11/12/19

Putting together things you already have.

The curious pattern of pre-emptively rejecting the solution to your problem: Redrawing during resizing

The curious pattern of pre-emptively rejecting the solution to your problem: Redrawing during resizing

Raymond Chen November 11, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 11/11/19

You'll have to invalidate it, either the easy way or the hard way.

Can I force a <CODE>WM_</CODE><CODE>TIMER</CODE> message to be generated when the timer comes due, even if the message queue is not idle?

Can I force a `WM_TIMER` message to be generated when the timer comes due, even if the message queue is not idle?

Raymond Chen November 8, 2019 Nov 8, 2019 11/8/19

You can ask for it explicitly.

How can I give a C++ lambda expression more than one <CODE>operator()</CODE>?

How can I give a C++ lambda expression more than one `operator()`?

Raymond Chen November 7, 2019 Nov 7, 2019 11/7/19

Wacky template games.