The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Feb 24, 2016
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A static_cast is not always just a pointer adjustment
That null pointer thingie.
Feb 23, 2016
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Why does the date disappear from my taskbar, sometimes?
Because there's no room for it.
Feb 22, 2016
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Finding the shortest binary string in a given interval
Narrowing in.
Feb 19, 2016
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When I try to calculate a performance counter manually, the answer is off by a factor of 100
Because it's a percentage.
Feb 18, 2016
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Nasty gotcha: VarCmp vs VariantCompare
Similar names, different return values.
Feb 17, 2016
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Don’t just grab the foreground window and host UI on it, redux
Oops, it's not there any more.
Feb 16, 2016
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I have difficulty following Swedish when spoken at conversational speed, and I count on being able to read the subtitles in order to catch up
This doesn't help.
Feb 16, 2016
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If I select multiple files of different types, why does the Open verb disappear?
It won't always work.
Feb 15, 2016
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How can I get the name for the user’s profile directory that is shown in Explorer?
You ask the shell namespace.