The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jun 9, 2023
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Reordering C++ template type parameters for usability purposes, and type deduction from the future
You want them to go first, but you also want to deduce them.
Jun 8, 2023
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How can I register a program to auto-relaunch if it crashes or is terminated?, redux
You can get a little bit of the way there.
Jun 7, 2023
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Pulling sleight of hand tricks in a security vulnerability report, episode 2
I see what you did there.
Jun 6, 2023
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How can I make WiFi passwords per-user rather than per-system?
A little-known system configuration setting.
Jun 5, 2023
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It’s great that you provide operator overloads, but it’s also nice to have names
Avoiding the need to invoke the operator explicitly as a specialized template, among other things.
Jun 2, 2023
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C++/WinRT event handlers that are lambdas with weak pointers to the parent class, part 3
Extending to std::weak_ptr.
Jun 1, 2023
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C++/WinRT event handlers that are lambdas with weak pointers to the parent class, part 2
Working out the boilerplate.
May 31, 2023
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C++/WinRT event handlers that are lambdas with weak pointers to the parent class, part 1
Assessing the state of affairs.
May 30, 2023
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How do I change the directory Windows uses for user profiles? revisited
You can still do it, but it's not really supported.