The Old New Thing

Notes on the Seattle Symphony’s expanded concert schedule for 2021–2022 season

August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

Raymond Chen

More concerts, more options.

What are the consequences of increasing the per-process GDI handle limit?

August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

Raymond Chen

Striking a balance.

The various ways of moving between C++/WinRT and classic COM

August 30, 2021 Aug 30, 2021 08/30/21

Raymond Chen

Crossing to the other side.

How can I break down a shell item in the same way as the breadcrumb bar?

August 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 08/27/21

Raymond Chen

Gathering the folders that lead up to a shell item, walking up the tree, or walking from the root to the leaf, and then obtaining the desired name.

In C#, how do I get the descriptive text for an HRESULT?

August 26, 2021 Aug 26, 2021 08/26/21

Raymond Chen

You can pretend it was an exception.

The Windows Runtime PassArray is a read-only array, even though it isn’t declared const

August 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021 08/25/21

Raymond Chen

Because in most languages, there is no such thing as const.

How to sneak the Windows 95 credits screen into the build without anybody noticing

August 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 08/24/21

Raymond Chen

Write it in an obscure language.

C++/WinRT nasty gotcha: winrt::param::hstring constructed from std::wstring_view requires null termination

August 23, 2021 Aug 23, 2021 08/23/21

Raymond Chen

An additional constraint not part of the rules.

How do I find out the size of the mouse cursor?

August 20, 2021 Aug 20, 2021 08/20/21

Raymond Chen

Well, first you have to decide which one you want to measure.

How to pwn an unattended laptop, according to Humans

August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21

Raymond Chen

According to television.