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Long path aware manifest opt in on older versions of Windows
I have a c++ program for which i created manifest file and set long path aware to true. On newer versions of windows it works as expected.
But what will happen if i launch my app on older versions of ...
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Window does not receive focus even when brought to the top
I’m working on a program that uses low-level keyboard hooks (LowLevelKeyboardProc) to detect key combinations and switch focus between windows of specific processes. The goal is for the program to ...
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CreateSymbolicLink succeeds in Windows 10 Home but fails in Windows 10 Professional [closed]
CreateSymbolicLink succeeds in Windows 10 Home but fails in Windows 10 Professional. My acocunt is in the admins group with UAC enabled.
Similarly,
c:\dir> mklink a b
in Home Edition it succeeds. ...
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Detect if NVIDIA GPU is suspended
I have a laptop that has a dedicated NVIDIA GPU. However, this laptop has a problem where the NVIDIA GPU sometimes exits its suspended state and starts using battery, which causes a heavy battery ...
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Error while getting Disk's ATA Information in C#
I was making a C++ Console Application to get Disk's ATA Information but I was getting Error Code 1 in DeviceIoControl so I tried it in C#.
ATAFeaturesForm.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
using ...
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Windows API own integer types max and min values
Being forced to program using windows I have approached a problem. Despite intensive googling I have not found max and min definition for windows inter types like WORD, DWORD.
Do they exist?
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Unexpected rounded corners in Qt Frameless Widget
Unexpected rounded corners in Qt Frameless Widget
I use Qt and Windows API to create a window with a custom title bar, and I want this window to have some of the effects of a Windows window (maximize, ...
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Native file open dialog in Windows Ruby
As far as I understand, there are no gems which help to open native file dialogs, so I am interested in writing one, specifically for Windows
I'm stuck at the first step which is getting the CLSID for ...
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"undefined reference to `WinMain@16'" error in VS Code. Same program runs fine in online compilers [closed]
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text.startup+0xa0): undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
This error happens every ...
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I want to detect who causes a WM_COMMAND to be fired?
Background: I have an application with context menu, normal menu and accelerator.
I have a paste command and in case the context menu was opened with the mouse, the paste operation should use the ...
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How to Prevent Resizing Desktop Icon Window with Hotkey in Windows Application? [duplicate]
I've got a program that resizes the foreground window when a hotkey is entered:
// Sample.cpp
#ifndef UNICODE
#define UNICODE
#endif
#include "Sample.h"
int WINAPI wWinMain(
_In_ ...
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Wake from "Modern Standby" not consistent (SetWaitableTimer)
I maintain a Windows service that runs in session 0. It performs maintenance tasks at certain times in a similar way to the Windows task scheduler. If the system is asleep, it uses SetWaitableTimer() ...
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Changing Taskbar (Shell_TrayWnd) Color to Transparent
I found a way to change color to fully transparent, by researching structure of DesktopWindowXamlSource of Taskbar (Shell_TrayWnd).
DekstopWindowXamlSource structure:
I'm curious is it possible to ...
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Is it possible to turn the display off knowing the monitor handle [duplicate]
I can control the monitor brightness using DeviceIoControl and handle to the display device:
handle = CreateFile(monitor, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
But I also ...
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NetShareEnum giving no results
I've been working on a function to enumerate shares in Windows using Win32 C++ and hit a snag.
net share shows all the shares with the default shares and that is good. But for some reason with the ...
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