If I select multiple files of different types, why does the Open verb disappear? February 16, 2016 Feb 16, 2016 02/16/16 Raymond Chen It won't always work.
How do I register a command on the desktop background context menu? (And how do I remove one I don’t like?) December 8, 2015 Dec 8, 2015 12/8/15 Raymond Chen Places to go, and places to look.
Why does the timestamp of a file increase by up to 2 seconds when I put it in a ZIP archive, then extract it? October 30, 2015 Oct 30, 2015 10/30/15 Raymond Chen The MS-DOS time format again.
The MoveSecurityAttributes policy affects only how Explorer recalculates ACLs when a file is moved; everybody else is on their own October 14, 2015 Oct 14, 2015 10/14/15 Raymond Chen GUI policies tend not to apply to command line tools.
Why do Saturation and Luminance go all the way to 240, but Hue goes only to 239? And why 239 anyway? October 13, 2015 Oct 13, 2015 10/13/15 Raymond Chen Mapping a floating point number to a byte.
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed, what does this mean? September 29, 2015 Sep 29, 2015 09/29/15 Raymond Chen The secret password every machine has.
A process inherits its environment from its parent, and the consequences of this simple statement September 15, 2015 Sep 15, 2015 09/15/15 Raymond Chen The chain of custody.
I saved some files into the Program Files directory, and now they’re gone! September 2, 2015 Sep 2, 2015 09/2/15 Raymond Chen They got virtualized.
Why doesn’t the Print command appear when I select 20 files and right-click? July 15, 2015 Jul 15, 2015 07/15/15 Raymond Chen So you don't kill your machine with a stray click.
On the various ways of creating large files in NTFS July 10, 2015 Jul 10, 2015 07/10/15 Raymond Chen To zero or not to zero.