Apr 15, 2016
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What happens if I call EnumPropsEx while another thread is mutating the properties?
You get a best-effort.
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Apr 8, 2016
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Why does FindExecutable behave erratically for files with extensions longer than three characters? (And what can you do about it?)
Short file names strike again.
Apr 7, 2016
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Why can’t the debugger call GetFinalPathNameByHandle via .call?
Because it doesn't know how.
Apr 6, 2016
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How does GetFinalPathNameByHandle choose the name if there are multiple names due to hard links?
It picks the one you you used to open the file.
Mar 31, 2016
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Why are there four functions for parsing strings into GUIDs, and why are they in three different DLLs?
Different historical contexts..
Mar 25, 2016
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Fixing a floating point exception when operating on NaN
Generate it at compile time.
Mar 24, 2016
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Why does PathIsUNC say that paths that begin with \\?\ are not UNCs?
Because they aren't.
Mar 18, 2016
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What are the consequences of reserving a huge amount of memory, most of which is never committed?
It's mostly harmless now.
Mar 17, 2016
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Why not use weak linking to solve the retargetable library problem?
A discussion.
Mar 16, 2016
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Randomly-generated passwords still have to be legal strings
Well-formed strings according to the encoding.