The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Oct 4, 2024
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How does the linker decide whether to call WinMain or wWinMain?
If you don't tell it, it will try to figure it out.
Oct 3, 2024
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How can I detect whether the user is running as an elevated administrator (as opposed to a natural administrator)?
You can ask for the elevation type.
Oct 2, 2024
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A function for creating an absolute security descriptor from a self-relative one
Just wrap it up.
Oct 1, 2024
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Misunderstanding the “Prevent access to registry editing tools” policy
It prevents access to the tools, but not to the registry itself.
Sep 30, 2024
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Pulling a single item from a C++ parameter pack by its index, remarks
Why such a complicated way to pull the type from the pack?
Sep 27, 2024
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The case of the crash when destructing a std::map
Who is corrupting the map?
Sep 26, 2024
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If you’re going to specify the LVS_SORTASCENDING or LVS_SORTDESCENDING style, you had better be telling the truth
Because the listview control uses it to optimize searching.
Sep 25, 2024
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Another example of the Windows Runtime interop pattern: Using the UserConsentVerifier from a Win32 program
Following the standard pattern.
Sep 24, 2024
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The UserConsentVerifier confirms that the user is there, but it doesn’t protect any data
Is that really you?