The Old New Thing

Why doesn’t my asynchronous read operation complete when I close the handle?

July 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021 07/30/21

Raymond Chen

Because the file isn't closed yet.

On the interaction between the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING and FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH flags

July 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021 07/29/21

Raymond Chen

Let's fill in another table.

How can I prevent the mouse from moving in response to touch input?

July 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021 07/28/21

Raymond Chen

You need to make your program pointer-aware.

Twitter misdetected the 2011 Build conference keynote as a denial-of-service attack

July 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 07/27/21

Raymond Chen

Just a lot of excited developers.

Diagnosing why your batch file prints a garbage character, one character, and nothing more

July 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2021 07/26/21

Raymond Chen

Following the clues you have.

The history of passing a null pointer as the key name to Reg­Open­Key­Ex

July 23, 2021 Jul 23, 2021 07/23/21

Raymond Chen

It doesn't mean anything special any more, but it once did.

The case of the strange NT-style path that was discovered by SearchPath

July 22, 2021 Jul 22, 2021 07/22/21

Raymond Chen

Remember where it searches.

I know I can change the color of the DC pen, but what about the other attributes?

July 21, 2021 Jul 21, 2021 07/21/21

Raymond Chen

They're locked in, sorry.

Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty files?

July 20, 2021 Jul 20, 2021 07/20/21

Raymond Chen

You have to open the file anyway to make it useful, so why not just open the program directly?

C++11 braced initialization made the impossible possible (and how to fix it so it stays impossible)

July 19, 2021 Jul 19, 2021 07/19/21

Raymond Chen

Braced initialization to the rescue, or denied.