The Old New Thing

The various ways of moving between C++/WinRT and classic COM

Raymond Chen August 30, 2021 Aug 30, 2021 08/30/21

Crossing to the other side.

How can I break down a shell item in the same way as the breadcrumb bar?

Raymond Chen August 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 08/27/21

Gathering the folders that lead up to a shell item, walking up the tree, or walking from the root to the leaf, and then obtaining the desired name.

In C#, how do I get the descriptive text for an HRESULT?

Raymond Chen August 26, 2021 Aug 26, 2021 08/26/21

You can pretend it was an exception.

The Windows Runtime PassArray is a read-only array, even though it isn’t declared const

Raymond Chen August 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021 08/25/21

Because in most languages, there is no such thing as const.

How to sneak the Windows 95 credits screen into the build without anybody noticing

Raymond Chen August 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 08/24/21

Write it in an obscure language.

C++/WinRT nasty gotcha: winrt::param::hstring constructed from std::wstring_view requires null termination

Raymond Chen August 23, 2021 Aug 23, 2021 08/23/21

An additional constraint not part of the rules.

How do I find out the size of the mouse cursor?

Raymond Chen August 20, 2021 Aug 20, 2021 08/20/21

Well, first you have to decide which one you want to measure.

How to pwn an unattended laptop, according to Humans

Raymond Chen August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21

According to television.

What is the deal with the SM_CXCURSOR system metric?

Raymond Chen August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21

A metric from an earlier, simpler time.

What’s with all of the references to “dude” in the accessibility header files?

Raymond Chen August 18, 2021 Aug 18, 2021 08/18/21

A catch phrase from long ago.