The Old New Thing

2021 year-end link clearance

December 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 12/31/21

Raymond Chen

Another trip around the sun.

The case of the programs that were launched with impossible command line options

December 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 12/31/21

Raymond Chen

Death and resurrection, unsuccessfully.

The C++/CX String^ is not an object, even though it wears a hat

December 30, 2021 Dec 30, 2021 12/30/21

Raymond Chen

A strange beast that thing is.

You can’t copy code with memcpy; code is more complicated than that

December 29, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 12/29/21

Raymond Chen

There's more to code than just instructions.

A rejected attempt to inject pseudo-physics into Windows 8 toast notifications

December 28, 2021 Dec 28, 2021 12/28/21

Raymond Chen

Like a mischievous rubber band flung across the screen.

How do I add custom controls to the common file open or file save dialogs?

December 27, 2021 Dec 27, 2021 12/27/21

Raymond Chen

A survey of the history of customization, leading to the present.

The Thanksgiving to Christmas sales nationwide of the VIS could be tabulated in an unsigned char

December 24, 2021 Dec 24, 2021 12/24/21

Raymond Chen

One of the great duds of console gaming history.

It’s easy to get data into the GPU, but harder to get it out

December 23, 2021 Dec 23, 2021 12/23/21

Raymond Chen

The continuing evolution of graphics memory.

How do I programmatically reposition monitors in a multiple-monitor system?

December 22, 2021 Dec 22, 2021 12/22/21

Raymond Chen

The magic phrase is DM_POSITION.

You thought Windows drivers from 2006 were old, wait’ll you see the Intel drivers from 1968!

December 21, 2021 Dec 21, 2021 12/21/21

Raymond Chen

It's the same driver date hack, just even more extreme.