The Old New Thing

Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.

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Where is the full version of the music that plays when you start Windows 98 for the first time?
Jun 25, 2015
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Where is the full version of the music that plays when you start Windows 98 for the first time?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

There isn't one.

A trick for finding the correct internal mailing list
Jun 24, 2015
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A trick for finding the correct internal mailing list

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Looking for common threads.

Sorry for the interruption, but it doesn’t happen often
Jun 23, 2015
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Sorry for the interruption, but it doesn’t happen often

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Be right back.

Reinterpreting the bits of a 64-bit integer as if they were a double-precision floating point number (and vice versa)
Random links on taking better pictures
Jun 19, 2015
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Random links on taking better pictures

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Just a little linkery.

Why does the class name for Explorer change depending on whether you open it with /e?
Jun 19, 2015
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Why does the class name for Explorer change depending on whether you open it with /e?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Compatibility, of course.

How come the technique for launching an unelevated process from an elevated process doesn’t work?
Jun 18, 2015
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How come the technique for launching an unelevated process from an elevated process doesn’t work?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

You've disabled the feature that makes unelevated processes possible.

When you think you found a problem with a function, make sure you’re actually calling the function
Jun 17, 2015
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When you think you found a problem with a function, make sure you’re actually calling the function

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Don't mock me.

One way to make sure nobody reports problems with your Web site
Jun 16, 2015
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One way to make sure nobody reports problems with your Web site

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I'll get right on that.