Where is moderator ?

This is a very serious programming forum I believe, but moderator not removing junk posts, I fear experts really fed up with theses things, they will not visit this forum again, why moderator allowing all kinds of junk posts?

Simple Registry Access

I am working on a simple project that will hopefully teach me Win32 programming. I need to access the registry. I need to test if a key is present, then add new keys and values or delete old ones. I looked on MSDN, and found the descriptions confusing. Can anybody help me out?

What programming language is used internally by Microsoft?

What programming language is used by Microsoft developers who work on: - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Windows TIA, -Ramon

Build C++ .NET application as pure Win32 code?

Hi, I'm new in both Visual Studio and .NET framework. I'm trying to make a Win32 application code using the .NET framework and not the CLR code so that I can debug and study it using my favorite Win32 debugger. But I can't seem to find the build option for this purpose. Is it even possible to do this at all? Thanks in advance.

Where in the source code should I debug a program as it exits?

MSVS 2005, Version 8 C/C++ I have a couple of programs that behave properly except at the end, when they exit. One of them makes the failure sound and the debugger displays exit code 0x3. I come from the Unix world where it is very easy to determine where the program begins (in main()) and where it ends. It is very confusing in Windows. I figured out that a way to debug a Windows program as it begins is simply pressing F10. TIA, -Ramon

IOCTL_DISK_GET_PARTITION_INFO and the PartitionType field problem

Hello all, I'm trying to create my own "Make USB stick bootable" program, and found a couple (currently literally) odd things. The first is a problem with the result of an IOCTL_DISK_GET_PARTITION_INFO call. The resulting PartitionType field in the PARTITION_INFORMATION record returns unexpected data. I've got an USB stick here with a System-type of 0x0B (FAT 32) and definitily bootable (ubuntu installer). But instead of getting a 0x0B (same as the System-type ?) in that PartitionType field it returns 0x00 (Unused). The other fields a correct. Does anyone have an idea why

Steal focus to implement global windows search feature

Hello, in my application (http://tabbles.net) I need to offer a "global search" shortcut-key like you see in Google Desktop: if you press CTRL +CTRL at any time (regardless of which application is active and has keyboard focus), a dialog box must pop up where you must be able to type a search text and press enter. This requires stealing focus from the active application. So far I was able to install a global key hook and use that to detect the key combination and display a dialog box. I made the dialog topmost, so it always appears on top of the active application. However, the

The "default messenger" and where is "Windows Live Messenger" ?

Hi folks: We know that there is a "default" email program in a system, but, is there a "default messenger" application too ? and, if really there exist one, how can we find out it ? ( the file name and the the path, store in some key in Registry ? ) Besides, can we tell if a user has installed Microsoft "Windows Live Messenger" or "Windows Live Mail" in his/her system ? and, where(the path) did she/he install these softwares ? Thanks !

Does Version 9.0.30729.4148 vcredist_x86.exe Install Version 9.0.21022.8 of the DLLs?

Hi Folks: Developing on XP Pro and Win 7 Ultra 64, VS 2008 Pro, C++. I have a big, puking blood type of problem described below. Let's talk about one small issue in the big picture. Perhaps resolving this will be the key to fixing everything. I've recently downloaded a copy of the C Run Time Redistributable vcredist_x86.exe. The file version is 9.0.30729.4148. After a re-boot, to make sure nothing that depended on the run time was running, I ran vcredist_x86.exe, and it displayed a window that presented me with some choices. In order to get the cle

Trouble with _totupper

I'm writing a small program which reads an input from one edit box, converts it in some way and sends the output to another edit box. Suppose I have put "a=E4A=C4" into the first edit box, where the second character is a-umlaut (Alt-132) and the fourth is A-umlaut (alt-142). If I convert it using for (p =3D from; *p; p++) { if (_istlower(*p)) *p =3D '1'; else *p =3D '0'; } then I get the result "1100" which is what I would expect. However, if I convert it using: for (p =3D from; *p; p++) { if (_istlower(*p)) *p =3D _totupper(*p); } then I get the result "A=E4A=C4" - the nor

How can I programmatically monitor CPU load

Like is done in 'windows task manager' \ preformance. I want to add a section i my existing code that gets and records current CPU load. I believe I once saw a way to do this but now that I want it I an unable to find it. Thanks AL

How to synchronize with a LAYERED WINDOW ?

Hello, I am building a small app with a layered window, this is how I do: 1.modify some element 2.calculate new pos of the window 3.modify image 4.update layered window 5. while peekmessage But this way it seems than my "elements" are no synchronized with the position of the window, as if the updatelayeredwindow() updated the content in realtime but not the position, even with my peekmessage loop. Is there a way to synchronize all that ? Thanks

preventing from accessing my kernel named object easily?

how to preventing from acessing(open) my kernel named object? for a instance, i've created a event as "Global\abcd", and i want to block other process's access(::OpenEvent(...)). how is it possible easily?

CreateFile() create time

Hi, Can anyone explain the reasoning behind the fact that a successful DeleteFile(<fn>) followed by a successful CreateFile(<fn>...,CREATE_NEW..) sets the file creation time to the old creation time rather than the current system time. I understand that it is using a cached value, just not the reason why. I also understand that I can set the file creation time to any time of my choosing, but not sure why I should have to? This behavior is confirmed on Windows XP NTFS file systems and I expect it is consistent across all windows os's. Thanks for any info. -- Kevin English

memory sticks

Hello newsgroup, Can somebody tell me why memory sticks purchased in the last 2 weeks don't work on windows 7? Thnaks for your comment, -- Uno

Is there some sys dialog for gets directory && file?

can the function BOOL GetOpenFileName( LPOPENFILENAME lpofn // address of structure with initialization data ); return not only existing files but existing directories too?

Shortcut to an URL

Hello folks: is there a simple way to create a shortcut ( an icon on desktop or in some directory ) pointing to an URL, either in case that the browser is displaying the page or not. Thanks.

MiniDumpWriteDump called from x64 process can generate x86 dump?

Hello, when calling MiniDumpWriteDump in a x64 process with the target process being WOW64 x86, the dump generated is a x64 dump. I would like to create an x86 dump instead. Is it possible and how? Arno P.S. When MiniDumpWriteDump is called from an x86 process, the dump is an x86 dump.

The Icon of an URL

Hi there: How to access the icon of a site that a browser is displaying? ( for example, if we use IE, the icon of the site will displayed on the left side of the tab ) and, if we only have the URL and the browser is not displaying the site, how do we get the icon of that site ? Thanks !

Book problems and solution for windows 7

Book problems and solution for windows 7 This book takes you step by step to a new world. The world of Windows 7, even if the new system were not know how to use it. Explain everything to you in pictures. You do not need to for a long time to learn In order not to remain afraid of not being able to follow up on your friends, neighbors or family members Problems and solutions for Windows 7 Is a book for all. To small and great. Anyone who wants to learn Do not miss the opportunity to acquire this book because it relieves you of the trouble and the question Problems and solutions for

Problem with time-conversion

Hello All, I've got a 64-bit timestamp, and I've not no idea how to convert it to human-readable. Actually, the conversion itself will probably not be a problem, but I can't seem to find a description of how the date & time is stored into that timestamp. The timestamp itself looks like this : 40E3B6CCF06CFBE4 , and is supposed to represent the day 15-7-10 9:42:15 I did find *something* which said that the upper 2 bits is a type-specifier (UTC time in this case) and the bits beyond it represent the number of 100 ns ticks since 0000/1/1. Ref : http://www.koders.com/csharp/

cripto.dll

i have one cipher file a.dllcrp One process can create-open one new file a.dll in the way nobody can open it for the life of that process, decipher it from a.dllcrp, save it in the disk, and without close the handle load like .dll using loadlibrary? it is possible call FreeLibrary, for it and save a.dll at end with 0 bites? Thanks

FindFirstFile on a reparse point

Hi, when I try to do: FindFirstFile(_T("C:\\Users\\gf\\Anwendungsdaten\\*.*", &fnd) it returns NULL (Last error yields "access denied"). "C:\Users\gf\Anwendungsdaten" is a reparse point targeting "C:\Users\gf\Roaming". OK, I can find the target and all. Fine. BUT!!! FindFirstFile(_T("C:\\Users\\gf\\Anwendungsdaten\\Adobe\\*.*", &fnd) works perfeclty and it's no reparse point, although it is accessed trough such. My code works flawlessly, but I'm a bit unsure if this behaviour is correct now. Thank you for sheding light. -- ------------------------------------ Gern

Getting the PIDL of a IShellFolder (should be easy?.. but it's not!!)

Hi! My endeavor is when launching my application, to select the last accessed folder of TreeView structure that was populated by the lpsfDesktop->EnumObjects(lpsfDesktop). When the tree is first initialized, it contains only My Computer, My Document, Network, and Recycle Bin. I'm basing my implementation on (Barretto VN 7/2002) project on koders.com. So what I tried to do is use ParseDisplayName() on the folder I want to navigate too in order to retrieve the PIDL. Then use SHBindToParent() function to get the parent's LPSHELLFOLDER pointer. But then I cannot get that folder PIDL

How to tell if a process is paused?

When a process has been paused with SuspendThread... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686345%28VS.85%29.aspx ....is there a way for my app to know if the process is paused?