The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Sorry we got cut off, my phone just auto-rebooted
Some time ago, I was on the phone when the connection suddenly cut out. I looked at the my phone display and it said, Auto-restart in 7 seconds. The seconds ...
How do I customize how my application windows are grouped in the Taskbar?
Benjamin Smedberg wants to know how to customize the icon used in the Taskbar for applications that are grouped, when the application is a runtime for ...
My colleague picked a good day to go out and catch a baseball game
I ran into one of my colleagues at the coffee stand and asked him how things were going. He said that Wednesday was his wife's birthday, and he asked her if she...
What if my application is really two applications bundled into a single file, and I want them collected into two groups on the taskbar in Windows 7?
A customer wanted to prevent multiple copies of their program from being grouped on the taskbar. They didn't give an explanation why, but let's assume that ...
Charles Petzold's Programming Windows Sixth Edition has reached Release Preview
We interrupt this program for a word from Microsoft Press. A few months ago, I noted that Charles Petzold is coming back with another edition of Programming ...
What happened to the Windows 2000 "Set default language setting for the system" button?
Last time, we looked at the evolution of the control panel settings which control the language groups for which Windows will install fonts, code page ...
What happened to the Windows 2000 "Language settings for the system" control panel?
In 2011, a customer had a question about migrating from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. (That's right, this customer was still using Windows 2000 in ...
How long does it take for a notification icon to stop appearing in the Notification Area Icons control panel?
A customer reported that even after uninstalling their application, the notification icon entry remains in the Notification Area Icons control panel. Yup, that...
Why am I in the Quake credits?
Anon wants to know why I am listed in the credits for the video game Quake under the "Special Thanks" section. "Were you an early tester/debugger?" I've ...