Jul 14, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count3 How can I preallocate disk space for a file without it being reported as readable? Raymond Chen Set the file allocation information.
Jul 13, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 What happens if I have multiple asynchronous ReadDirectoryChangesW calls outstanding on the same directory handle? Raymond Chen It doesn't matter because you already lost to the scheduler.
Jul 8, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Elevating the elevator Raymond Chen You already control the horizontal and the vertical.
Jul 6, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How can I detect whether my PC is in tablet mode? Raymond Chen You ask for the user interaction mode.
Jul 1, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How exactly are page tables allocated on demand for large reserved regions? Raymond Chen Just create a placeholder page directory entry that says "Nothing to see here."
Jun 29, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How can I detect whether the Game Bar is covering my window? Raymond Chen A little interop.
Jun 27, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 If I have multiple attached keyboards, how can I read input from each one individually? Raymond Chen Raw input will tell you.
Jun 24, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why is my message queue full of WM_TIMER messages? Raymond Chen Where do timer messages come from, anyway?
Jun 23, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why does the x64 calling convention reserve four home spaces for parameters even for functions that take fewer than four parameters? Raymond Chen Variadic functions.
Jun 22, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Using the Windows::Globalization::Calendar object from a Win32 app Raymond Chen An introduction to projection.