The Old New Thing

How do I upgrade a 32-bit tick count to a 64-bit one?

Raymond Chen January 7, 2022 Jan 7, 2022 01/7/22

Fortunately, there's a 64-bit one sitting nearby.

Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows

Raymond Chen January 6, 2022 Jan 6, 2022 01/6/22

The story as I experienced it.

How do I prevent folder verbs intended for file system directories from showing up in my shell extension’s virtual folder’s context menu?

Raymond Chen January 5, 2022 Jan 5, 2022 01/5/22

They shouldn't be there in the first place.

My Excel spreadsheet doesn’t scroll even though I can use the arrows to move around

Raymond Chen January 4, 2022 Jan 4, 2022 01/4/22

Freeze, and put your hands up!

Speculation on the design decisions that led to the common ABI for C++ coroutines

Raymond Chen January 3, 2022 Jan 3, 2022 01/3/22

Considering some alternatives.

2021 year-end link clearance

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

Another trip around the sun.

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

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

Death and resurrection, unsuccessfully.

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

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

A strange beast that thing is.

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

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

There's more to code than just instructions.

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

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

Like a mischievous rubber band flung across the screen.