The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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When I try to call an exported function, the target crashes when it tries to call any Windows function
Using what you know about how functions are imported to construct a theory that matches the evidence.
How does Explorer calculate the “Date” of a file?
Mapping the generic concept to specific file types.
Why does my C++/WinRT project get unresolved externals for constructors?
You forgot to include the namespace header file, didn't you.
Why did the 16-bit _lopen and _lcreat function return -1 on failure instead of 0?
Trying to look like somebody else.
When looking to free up disk space, don’t forget your symbol file caches
They go all over the place.
How can I prevent myself from using a parameter after I’ve extracted all value from it?
You can shadow it with something useless.
I accidentally performed an operation on INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE , and it worked: What just happened?
Coincidentally valid, but not what you think.
How do I perform a case-insensitive comparison of two strings in the Deseret script?
It sort of depends on why you're comparing them.
The odd cadence of narrative engineering design documents
Following the rubric off a cliff.