The Old New Thing

Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.

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Nov 26, 2018
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What’s up with Code Analysis rule CA2202: Do not dispose objects multiple times?

Raymond Chen

It's trying to get inside your head.

Nov 23, 2018
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If activation of your gift card lasts more than four hours, consult a physician immediately

Raymond Chen

Is it ready yet?

Nov 23, 2018
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The default number of threads in an I/O completion port is the number of processors, but is that logical or physical processors?

Raymond Chen

How much stuff can happen at once?

Nov 22, 2018
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How can I make a dialog box right-to-left at runtime?

Raymond Chen

You'll have to get that style change in quickly.

Nov 21, 2018
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Trying to allocate the same virtual address in multiple processes

Raymond Chen

But what are you going to put there?

Nov 20, 2018
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For a brief period, the kernel tried to deal with gamma rays corrupting the processor cache

Raymond Chen

Not sure what good it does.

Nov 19, 2018
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How do I suppress the “Did you mean to switch apps?” warning message from my XAML WebView control?

Raymond Chen

It will ask you what to do, and you can tell it to do nothing.

Nov 16, 2018
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The Moncler 1 Pierpaolo Piccioli, your high fashion for the elegant parties that take place in a walk-in freezer

Raymond Chen

I'm sure it looks better after you unpack it from the bubble wrap.

Nov 16, 2018
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Closing the race window between creating a suspended process and putting it in a job

Raymond Chen

Start it there from the beginning.