Aug 1, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count0 Two related questions about keeping track of PIDs of IPC clients Raymond Chen Since you're doing IPC, you may as well let IPC do the work for you.
Jul 31, 2025 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 A consequence of the weird wReserved value at the start of the DECIMAL structure Raymond Chen It overwrites things by accident.
Jul 30, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count0 In C++/WinRT, how can I await multiple coroutines and capture the results?, part 0 Raymond Chen If you don't really care about what happens if something goes wrong.
Jul 29, 2025 Post comments count15 Post likes count2 Why is there a window with no name blocking Windows shutdown? Raymond Chen They never expected you to see it.
Jul 28, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 API design note: Don’t make up multiple names for the same thing Raymond Chen It may be obvious to you, but that's because you wrote it.
Jul 25, 2025 Post comments count0 Post likes count3 How can I confirm in the Windows debugger that I’m looking at a COMDAT-folded function? Raymond Chen Ask for all the names for an address.
Jul 24, 2025 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 How can I wait until a named object (say a mutex) is created? Raymond Chen You can't, but maybe you can wait for something else.
Jul 22, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count2 Being more adamant about reporting that C++/WinRT was unable to resume execution on a dispatcher thread Raymond Chen Better versions in a different box.
Jul 21, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count4 What happens if C++/WinRT is unable to resume execution on a dispatcher thread? Raymond Chen What you get out of the box.
Jul 18, 2025 Post comments count19 Post likes count4 The case of the invalid instruction exception on an instruction that should never have executed Raymond Chen I don't recall ever asking you to do that.