Jun 26, 2019 Post comments count8 Post likes count1 Why does Windows list my SSD system drive as removable? Raymond Chen Because the driver said it was removable.
Jun 25, 2019 Post comments count16 Post likes count1 Why was Windows for Workgroups pejoratively nicknamed Windows for Warehouses? Raymond Chen That's where most of the copies ended up, at least at first.
Jun 24, 2019 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Detecting whether the -opt flag was passed to cppwinrt.exe: Using __has_include Raymond Chen Looking in the cushions of the couch.
Jun 21, 2019 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 The 2019 Microsoft Giving Campaign Run/Walk comes with some ground rules Raymond Chen Each rule has a story.
Jun 20, 2019 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 Getting a value from a std::variant that matches the type fetched from another variant Raymond Chen A bunch of type fiddling, but you'll get there eventually.
Jun 19, 2019 Post comments count7 Post likes count2 How do I write a function that accepts any type of standard container? Raymond Chen There's the standard way, and then there's the generous way.
Jun 18, 2019 Post comments count0 Post likes count3 What is WofCompressedData? Does WOF mean that Windows is a dog? Raymond Chen It stands for Windows Overlay Filter, but that name doesn't really tell you much.
Jun 17, 2019 Post comments count6 Post likes count1 A simple workaround for the fact that std::equal takes its predicate by value Raymond Chen Pass something else that is easy to copy.
Jun 14, 2019 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 Why does SetFocus fail without telling me why? Raymond Chen If you're going to replace part of the operating system, you have to replace the side effects, too.
Jun 13, 2019 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 What should you do if somebody passes a null pointer for a parameter that should never be null? What if it’s a Windows Runtime class? Raymond Chen They messed up, so make them suffer the consequences, but make the consequences diagnosable.