The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Sep 27, 2018
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Can you wear wallpaper on your feet? You can if it’s a PARTY.BMP!
Wearing your history.
Sep 27, 2018
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Considering the performance implications of converting recursion to an explicit stack
Another game of trade-offs and balances.
Sep 26, 2018
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What does the thread parameter to SetWindowsHookEx actually mean?
What does it mean to be "associated" with a thread?
Sep 25, 2018
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How do I prevent my program’s temporary documents from appearing in Search?
Put them in the right place.
Sep 24, 2018
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Why does the compiler turn my conditional loop into an infinite one?
It's all in the threading.
Sep 21, 2018
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Why is regsvr32 exiting with code 3?
Coming up with theories and ways to test those theories.
Sep 20, 2018
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What do the various regsvr32 exit codes mean?
Reporting which step the problem occurred at.
Sep 19, 2018
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Why did every Windows 3.0 DLL have an exported function called WEP?
The Windows Exit Procedure.
Sep 18, 2018
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Why is Alt+F4 the hotkey for closing a window? Why not Alt+F5 or Alt+F3?
It was the next one available.