The Old New Thing

Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.

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Some notes on Win32 carets
Sep 16, 2024
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Some notes on Win32 carets

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Assorted notes and musings.

The case of the fail-fast crashes coming from the power management system
Sep 13, 2024
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The case of the fail-fast crashes coming from the power management system

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Understanding why it decided to fail fast.

How can I tell whether two programs will share drive letter mappings?
Sep 12, 2024
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How can I tell whether two programs will share drive letter mappings?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

You can compare the authentication IDs.

The case of the string being copied from a mysterious pointer to invalid memory, revisited
Sep 11, 2024
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The case of the string being copied from a mysterious pointer to invalid memory, revisited

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Reflections on an older topic.

Does the Resource Compiler have a separate preprocessor or doesn’t it?
Sep 10, 2024
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Does the Resource Compiler have a separate preprocessor or doesn’t it?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

It did, but now it doesn't.

GitHub trick to find the commit that deleted a file
Sep 9, 2024
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GitHub trick to find the commit that deleted a file

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Ask for the history of the file.

The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Negative stride
Sep 6, 2024
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The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Negative stride

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

It's all topsy-turvy.

The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Taking the pitch into account
Sep 5, 2024
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The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Taking the pitch into account

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Getting the pieces to line up.

The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Diagnosis
Sep 4, 2024
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The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Diagnosis

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Imperfect pitch.