The Old New Thing

Why is the HSHELL_WINDOWDESTROYED notification raised when a window is hidden, even if it hasn’t been destroyed?

Raymond ChenDecember 28, 2020Dec 28, 202012/28/20

Taskbar-colored glasses.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 5

Raymond ChenDecember 25, 2020Dec 25, 202012/25/20

Using the new thread pool functions.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 4

Raymond ChenDecember 24, 2020Dec 24, 202012/24/20

Onward to coroutines.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 3

Raymond ChenDecember 23, 2020Dec 23, 202012/23/20

Getting more asynchronous.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 2

Raymond ChenDecember 22, 2020Dec 22, 202012/22/20

Asking the thread pool for help.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 1

Raymond ChenDecember 21, 2020Dec 21, 202012/21/20

An exercise from long ago.

What should the state of a moved-from object be?

Raymond ChenDecember 18, 2020Dec 18, 202012/18/20

It's formally unspecified, but there may be informal expectations.

On the ways of finding a dispatcher for the current thread in the Windows Runtime

Raymond ChenDecember 17, 2020Dec 17, 202012/17/20

You have to look around, but be careful not to trip over anything.

Why does PF_VIRT_FIRMWARE_ENABLED return false even when virtualization is enabled in the firmware?

Raymond ChenDecember 16, 2020Dec 16, 202012/16/20

It may be enabled, but it's not enabled for you.