This tip/trick introduces the basic ideas on how to avoid memory mismatched allocation/deallocation issues detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again.

by Mahmud Hasan

Whenever I try to install any software I get an error saying another installation is running.

Avoid Out-of-memory Troubles with Very Large Lists(Of T)

by veen_rp

Big lists (>1,000,000 items) can cause out-of-memory errors raised by .NET. Manage them by a List of List(Of T)

Binarizing image (Thresholding) using EmguCV

by hirosht

Step by step method of thresholding a image using the EmguCV API in C#

Build Your Own SDN Network

by JinWenQiang

Get started with your own SDN (Software Defined Network) simulation network

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Read and write MS Access (mdb) database without ADO and SQL via Microsoft DAO

by Emiliarge

Read and write data to Access databases without limitations caused by the use of the SQL.

C# Class To Download Files Synchronously, That Supports Cancel/Resuming And All Other Information

by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Downloading files from the Internet with one line without Freezing Form

C# Class to generate Math. Combinations

by ehab_nour

Fast algorithm

C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

Just another approach to understanding communication between HID devices and C#.

C# Web File Download with BITSadmin

by metastruct

When WebClient, HttpRequest, and all else fail, BITSadmin solves your download woes

Cinchoo - Using Windows registry as configuration source

by Cinchoo

This article show how to consume Windows registry information using Cinchoo Configuration Manager.

Communication Library Files - LMS5lib | Connection and Structure

by Chris Jorna

Communication Library Files - LMS5lib | Connection and structure

Communication Library Files - NetTools | IsSameSubnet

by Chris Jorna

Communication Library Files - NetTools | IsSameSubnet

Communication Library Files - TCP Client/Server

by Chris Jorna

Source code and demo on general TCP client & server library mainly usable for / tested on SICK lidar devices

Communication Library Files - UDP Broadcast

by Chris Jorna

Communication library files - UDP broadcast

Console simple progress

by aaverian

A very simple console progress bar.

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Custom disk clean up using WSH VBScript

by Gautham Prabhu K

Perform custom disk clean up when hard disk free space goes low

Dapper.NET Sample with MVC 4- Add,Edit,Update,Delete

by Gihan Liyanage

Simple Dapper.NET Example with MVC

Debugging Release Projects in C++ - Finding the Lost Object Information

by Yochai Timmer

Debugging C++ projects in release. Finding the lost object information

Disabling "Restart Now" Windows message after automatic OS updates

by Vinod Viswanath

Are you annoyed of the "Restart now" message in Windows? Here is a solution for that.

DMath is DirectXMath for All

by Jose A Pascoa

Part 1 - Using DMath from C#

Doing a NotifyIcon Program the Right Way

by Johnny J.

How to do a program whose main graphic interface consists of an icon in system tray

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

Easy SFTP (Secure FTP) With C# and PSFTP

by metastruct

SFTP Files using PLINK as a process in C#

Elevated Privileges through command line in windows

by Muhammad Muddasar Yamin

The article is about launching elevated processes through command line

Embed HTML in a Word Document using Aspose.Words

by Brandon Rohrer

Embed HTML in a Word Document

Enable I/O Access From User Mode

by Haftmann, Henrik

12 years too late but now it works: A replacement driver for giveio and dlportio for 64-bit Windows

Ensure Your Code First DB is Always Initialized

by Brady Kelly

A quick and easy way to ensure that your Code First DB Initializer is always run when your app starts, not just on the first data access operation

Face Detection with 10 Lines of Code - VB.NET

by Dejan Mauer

Probably the easiest way to detect faces in images by using Accord.net framework

Facebook blocker

by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

Faster copies to CUDA GPUs

by Nick Kopp

How to both simplify CUDA applications and improve PCI-Express performance.

Free Space Cleaner

by Rich Turner

Free space cleaner to overwrite empty space on logical disks

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

by Southmountain

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

Getting the address of a function in a DLL loaded in another process

by Mr Nukealizer

Ideal for finding LoadLibrary() in 32 bit programs from a 64 bit program but it works for any function in any DLL and supports forwarded functions and ordinals.

Github: Show Update Information from your C# Application

by John Torjo

Want to automatically let your users know when you've posted an update of your application? If your project is hosted on github, you're in luck!

Handling Excel Lists with Interop

by HP2M

This tip covers handling two Excel lists using Interop.

Helper Methods for Working with Shares

by Clifford Nelson

These are some methods I created to help with creating and deleting Windows shared directories.

Homomorphic Filtering in C#.NET

by Dr. Vinayak Ashok Bharadi

Homomorphic filtering is a generalized technique for signal and image processing, involving a nonlinear mapping to a different domain in which linear filter techniques are applied, followed by mapping back to the original domain.

How to Control a Windows Service from Code

by Kees van Spelde

How to control a Windows Service from C# .NET

How to delete 64 bit Registry keys/values (.NET 3.5)

by Sunil P V

How to access a 64bit registry key from 32bit built application in .NET 3.5 and lower

How to determine the CD/DVD (optical) drive letter

by Mike Meinz

How to use .NET Framework to determine the drive letter of the CD/DVD (optical) drive.

How to disable the Sleep button while your code is running

by PJ Arends

I needed to disable the Sleep button on my keyboard, here's how.

How to fix "LocalDB - Requested Login failed"

by Ed Nutting

How to fix LocalDB / SQL Server: "Cannot open database "XYZ" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user ABC"

How to get a value from a child form back to a caller form

by Pasan Eeriyagama

how to get gridview selected row value to text box which is in another windows form

How to handle and use event of simultaneously pressed two or more keys in C# - WASD keyboard game controls -

by Perić Željko

Example of handling multiple key press event

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by KazMaxLtd

This article describes how to hide or show TabControl tabs at runtime

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by Bernhard Hiller

That's far too obscure.All you need to do is store a reference to the TabPage instance which was removed from the TabPages collection of the TabControl. You may use the form where the TabControl is placed for that purpose.You could also create your own TabControl which has an extra property...

How to Identify if the Executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

by Amit KD

How to identify if the executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7 professional 64bit

by Southmountain

How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7 professional (64 bit)

Implementation of an Easy, Fast, and Optimized (CByte, CShort, CInt) with Bits Access Using Bit Field and Union

by Ahmed Elkafrawy

Implementation of an easy, fast, and optimized (CByte, CShort, CInt) with bits access using bit field and union

Inno Setup Script to Change a C# Forms Configuration

by RickZeeland

Create an Installer which allows to change the Forms application settings in a custom Inno Setup page

Install Windows Server 2012 R2 in VirtualBox

by Zhuyun Dai

Resolve an issue when installing Windows Server 2012 R2 in VirtualBox

Integration .NET Component into your Native MFC Application (1)

by sunhui

Integrate .NET Component to your Native MFC Application at runtime

Introducing an Open Source DirectUI Library - SOUI

by flyhigh

SOUI is a directui library and had been used in many commercial softwares, which is published based on MIT and is completely free to any user.

Making async Http Request

by FlyersWeb

This article present how to make async HTTP Request in a command line application

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Obtain Hardware Configuration Using C# and .NET

by paul1167

Enumerate System Features

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

Quickly unzipping a file

by imagiro

How to use the shell to unzip a file to a folder location

RaspberryPi2 and Wiring Library

by Member 11246861

First samples in VisualGDB for Raspberry pi2

RaspberryPi2 Server-ASUSlaptop Client, Blocking Socket, 2 Fonts

by Member 11246861

Wifi communication between RaspberryPi2 and Laptop ASUS: fonts English, Russian.

Reflected Image in C# with GDI and Unchecked Code

by AdventureDriver

Creating a optionally sheared mirrored image from a source image in a collage

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

Run multiple instances of a Windows service

by Keith Balaam

Run multiple instances of a Windows service on the same machine.

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

Sending an Email to Yourself

by Mike 2005

Code to include in a deployment project

Serial Communication between Laptop and Microcontroller

by Member 11246861

Under laptop's control, microcontroller sends sensor data to laptop that displays numbers and graphic.

Service Locator Pattern

by Gautham Prabhu K

Creating and using Service Locator pattern

Simple Display Dialog of Waiting in WinForms

by Dean Feng

A simple method to display a waiting dialog in WinForm application, and not block the main form.

Software Development and the Bitness Challenge

by citrin

About the bitness challenge in software development

Super Message Box

by Redgum

A customizable MessageBox() DLL and test application with dozens of built-in icons and color schemes

Super Simple C++ Win8 Live Tile Text Notification

by sam stokes

How to implement live tile notification in just a few lines of code

Super Simple Live Tile Notification Using an Image (C++)

by sam stokes

This sample demonstrates how to use the Tile Template, specifically the TileSquareImage and an image.

The Next Logical Step Using Azure Functions - How to Integrate a Native DLL via P/Invoke ([DllImport])

by Steffen Ploetz

YES, you can - use native DLLs in your Azure Functions via P/Invoke ([DllImport]) as you already know it from .NET Framework, and safe the code you have developed and maintained for decades with much effort and patience.

UniDAC - database's direct connection

by Thiago Gaidzinski

UniDAC allows you to connect your cross-platform application directly with many database's types.

Unix ucontext_t Operations on Windows Platforms

by xdoukas

A tip on the implementation of Unix ucontext_t operations on Microsoft Windows.

USB Reset Attribute

by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

Using Integer Instead of Enum in XAML

by Piyush Manharlal

Using integer instead of Enum for ComboBox and Radio Button in XAML

Using Named Colors

by LarryCharlton

Using system, named, and hex color values

Virtual Cache

by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Visual Studio Team Foundation Service Agile Bugs P2

by Thomas Cooper

Visual Studio Team Foundation Service Agile Bugs P2

Where is the Default Browser Command Line in Registry

by Leonid Belousov

This tip shows how to find the default browser command line in registry using Visual C++.

Windows Symbols and Dump Analysis (Quick Steps)

by Manish K. Agarwal

Windows symbols and crash dump analysis.

Work Around Windows 10 WiFi Reconnection Failing

by Antagony

Schedule a task to run this script, which checks whether Windows has [re]connected to the specified router after startup, sleep, or hibernation – and attempt to connect if not.

WTL Setup Gotchas

by Adam Wojnar

Tips for VC++ 2010 Express users on 64bit Windows.

XBOX 360 Controller Class

by Daniel Lieberwirth (BrainInBlack)

A class representing the state of a connected XBOX 360 controller

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

by Anamera

This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.

Yet Another Convertor From Infix To Postfix Expressions!

by Dariush Tasdighi

A very powerful and customizable source code that converts the Infix to Postfix expression.