The procedures to define document compatibility in Internet Explorer 8 are well documented here, but I’ve seen many developers and system administrators that are not aware of this...

GetFinalPathNameByHandle API Hangs

by Naveen

GetFinalPathNameByHandle is an new API introduced in Windows Vista. We will look at how to resolve an issue related to its usage.

Leverage the .NET framework classes from VBA

by Pragmateek

Introduction Following my previous article on a similar subject, Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.Net or C++/CLI, I’ve received an interesting feedback from a VBA developer who wanted to leverage the advanced support of the .Net framework for regular … Continue reading →

Requesting Admin Approval at Application Start

by Mohammad Elsheimy

Learn how to request UAC elevation at application start

Updating the Command Line Parser

by Martin Hinshelwood

Staring from the original Command Line Parser v1.0 code, I wanted to be able to add multiple commands, or even nest commands. The result is a nice simple commanding architecture conducive to creating multiple commands.

Why it's not crashing?

by Andrey Permamedov

Why an exception raised in timer callback function doesn't leads to process termination.

Windows Vista File and Registry Virtualization

by Mohammad Elsheimy

See in action how Windows Vista and higher versions (where UAC is enabled) virtualizes file and registry access.