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How can I wait for Clipboard History to recognize a clipboard change before I change it again?
about 13 hours ago
Last time, we learned why the clipboard history service doesn’t capture rapid...
Why doesn’t Clipboard History capture rapid changes to clipboard contents?
1 day ago
A customer was trying to write a tool to preload items into...
What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?
3 days ago
Last time, we looked at the legacy icons in progman.exe. But what...
What were the MS-DOS programs that Windows used the progman.exe stock icons for?
4 days ago
Last time, we learned the history of moricons.dll, and along the way...
What were the intended uses of those icons in moricons.dll?
5 days ago
Since Windows 3.1, the moricons.dll file contains, well, more icons. What were...
Using type aliasing to avoid the ODR problem with conditional compilation, part 2
8 days ago
Last time, we tried using type aliasing to avoid the ODR problem...
Using C++ type aliasing to avoid the ODR problem with conditional compilation, part 1
9 days ago
Some time ago, I discussed the C++ concept of ill-formed no diagnostic...
Why does Windows have trouble finding my Win32 resource if it contains an accented character?
10 days ago
Maurice Kayser reported an issue with Win32 API loading of PE resources...
Protecting Windows users from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation
10 days ago
Some time ago, I retold a story from a colleague about how...
Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background?
12 days ago
Personally, I use a solid color background. It was the default in...
If we can have std::atomic, why not std::atomic?
15 days ago
Some time ago, we peeked inside the atomic shared_ptr to see how...
When I define a window class with no default cursor, what is the explanation for the cursors that appear in my client area?
16 days ago
A customer created a window class with no default cursor, meaning that...