The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Dec 20, 2022
Why doesn’t the BitLocker wizard let me save the BitLocker key on an encrypted drive?
Don't lock your keys in the car.
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Dec 19, 2022
On the large number of ways of expressing Microsoft Visual C++ compiler versions
So many version numbers.
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Dec 16, 2022
Why doesn’t Windows use the 64-bit virtual address space below 0x00000000`7ffe0000?
It does use it, although it doesn't look like it.
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Dec 15, 2022
Inside C++/WinRT: IReference<T>
Reverse-engineering the usages from the code.
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Dec 14, 2022
In C++/WinRT, how do I create or consume an IReference<T> that wraps a particular value?
Conversions to and from IReference.
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Dec 13, 2022
Thank you for conference announcement, but it would help if you told me what your conference was about
There was an announcement of an all-day Microsoft-internal conference featuring a project I will call Project Enzyme. The announcement went like this: The ...
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Dec 12, 2022
What does it mean when the compiler tells me that promise_type: is not a member of coroutine_traits<void>?
Applying your understanding of the coroutine transformation.
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Dec 9, 2022
How can I do the opposite of compare_exchange and exchange if the value is different?
An exchange with itself has no effect on the value.
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Dec 8, 2022
If you’re going to wrap a Windows Runtime event, you may as well let the wrapped event source manage the token
It keeps the original object in control.
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