The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Feb 19, 2026
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Exploring the signals the dialog manager uses for dismissing a dialog
Summarizing the flow.
Feb 18, 2026
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Could WriteProcessMemory be made faster by avoiding the intermediate buffer?
I guess it could, but why bother?
Feb 17, 2026
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Microspeak: Escrow
Final build, final, final, final 2, ship this one.
Feb 16, 2026
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It rather involved being on the other side of the airtight hatchway: Tricking(?) a program into reading files
Is it really a trick when reading the file is the purpose of the program?
Feb 13, 2026
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How can I distinguish between the numeric keypad 0 and the top-row 0 in the WM_CHAR message?
See if it matches the scan code.
Feb 12, 2026
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How can I distinguish between the numeric keypad 0 and the top-row 0 in the WM_KEYDOWN message?
Check whether it is an extended key.
Feb 11, 2026
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How do I suppress the hover effects when I put a Win32 common controls ListView in single-click mode?
You can prevent the item from becoming hot-tracked.
Feb 10, 2026
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How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video Buddy Holly on the CD?
Asking nicely, and asking a lot of people.
Feb 9, 2026
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What should I do if a wait call reports WAIT_ABANDONED ?
It's your one chance to make amends.