The Old New Thing

When I try to call an exported function, the target crashes when it tries to call any Windows function

September 22, 2023 Sep 22, 2023 09/22/23

Raymond Chen

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?

September 21, 2023 Sep 21, 2023 09/21/23

Raymond Chen

Mapping the generic concept to specific file types.

Why does my C++/WinRT project get unresolved externals for constructors?

September 20, 2023 Sep 20, 2023 09/20/23

Raymond Chen

You forgot to include the namespace header file, didn't you.

How can I prevent myself from using a parameter after I’ve extracted all value from it?

September 15, 2023 Sep 15, 2023 09/15/23

Raymond Chen

You can shadow it with something useless.

I accidentally performed an operation on INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, and it worked: What just happened?

September 14, 2023 Sep 14, 2023 09/14/23

Raymond Chen

Coincidentally valid, but not what you think.

How do I perform a case-insensitive comparison of two strings in the Deseret script?

September 13, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 09/13/23

Raymond Chen

It sort of depends on why you're comparing them.

Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware

September 11, 2023 Sep 11, 2023 09/11/23

Raymond Chen

The common pattern of trying to delete yourself.

On transferring or copying ABI pointers between smart pointers

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Raymond Chen

Keep track of who owns the reference.

Detecting whether a tree-like data structure contains a cycle

September 6, 2023 Sep 6, 2023 09/6/23

Raymond Chen

Combining two things we already know.

How do I find out more about the fail-fast exception that occurs when an exception in a PPL task goes unobserved?

September 1, 2023 Sep 1, 2023 09/1/23

Raymond Chen

Digging into the internals.