Nov 29, 2024 1 0 Assessing the attack complexity of a race condition security vulnerability Raymond Chen It's not just how small the race window is, but how easy it is to hit the window.
Nov 28, 2024 0 1 Why does my program successfully take foreground only when running under the debugger? Raymond Chen That's a special exception to the normal foreground rules.
Nov 27, 2024 0 0 Checking whether a URI refers to a Web site root Raymond Chen Let somebody else do the parsing.
Nov 26, 2024 0 0 Microspeak: Real estate and Airspace Raymond Chen Space on the screen and negotiating control over it.
Nov 25, 2024 0 0 How can I know when a window has processed a message that I posted to it? Raymond Chen Best would be to have it tell you.
Nov 22, 2024 0 1 In C++, how can I make a default parameter be the this pointer of the caller?, revisited Raymond Chen Expanding on the previous pattern.
Nov 21, 2024 1 1 How can I detect which menu my item was invoked from? Raymond Chen Just give them all different IDs. But this might itself by an XY problem.
Nov 20, 2024 3 3 How do I determine whether Explorer is showing or hiding file extensions? Raymond Chen You can ask, but maybe you're asking the wrong question.
Nov 19, 2024 4 2 A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step Raymond Chen Getting access to the common controls that don't exist until Windows 95.
Nov 18, 2024 2 2 The operations for reading and writing single elements for C++ standard library maps Raymond Chen Breaking down the options.