Sep 3, 2015
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When I change the icon in my shortcut, why doesn’t it update on the screen?
Dotting all the i's.
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Aug 31, 2015
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How do I enumerate remembered connections that are not currently connected?
WNetEnumResources again.
Aug 21, 2015
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Handy delegate shortcut hides important details: The hidden delegate
Sit. Stay.
Aug 20, 2015
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I saw a pinvoke signature that passed a UInt64 instead of a FILETIME, what’s up with that?
Stricter than necessary, but that's okay.
Aug 19, 2015
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If you are going to call Marshal.GetLastWin32Error, the function whose error you’re retrieving had better be the one called most recently
Watch out for functions called behind your back.
Aug 18, 2015
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If you are going to call Marshal.GetLastWin32Error, the function whose error you’re retrieving had better have SetLastError=true
Or it won't get anything.
Aug 17, 2015
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p/invoke gotcha: C++ bool is not Win32 BOOLEAN is not UnmanagedType.Bool
Watch the sizes.
Aug 10, 2015
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What if I have two programs that are logically a single application, and I want them to be treated as a single group on the taskbar?
The Application User Model ID strikes again.
Jul 24, 2015
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The curse of the redefinition of the symbol HLOG
Too generic a name.
Jul 22, 2015
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When you think you found a problem with a function, make sure you’re actually calling the function, episode 2
Watch out for the local overrides.