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Win32 api Edit Control doesn't respond to mouse clicks in child window
I'm having an issue with WinAPI Edit controls in a child window - they don't respond to mouse clicks, but work fine when placed in the main window. Other controls like buttons work normally in both ...
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Win32: How to check if a HKL refers to a specific family of IMEs
The keyboard APIs of Win32 (Windows API family) are known to be confusing, and there are lots of SO answers about how to display approximate information to a human with enough polyglot skills to ...
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How to make a Windows process resistant to termination (like PPL)?
I'm looking for legitimate methods to make a Windows user‐mode process harder to terminate. PPL would be ideal, but Microsoft is very selective about who can use it. What alternative options or best ...
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Why doesn't Win32 dialog recognize controls reparented from other windows for mnemonic navigation?
I'm developing a module for Visual Basic 6.0 (or TwinBASIC) that allows us to use Windows Common Controls' PropertySheet and CreatePropertySheetPage functions with Visual Basic forms instead of Win32 ...
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How can "new Outlook" show me Windows 11 notifications if it's not running? [closed]
My computer has both "classic" Outlook and the "new" Outlook installed. I use classic Outlook.
However, when I get a mail message, I get a Windows 11 notification from the "...
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How do Windows 11 system apps create frameless transparent non layered popups windows
I'm developing a GUI library and currently trying to implement fluent 2 components, but I wonder how to create borderless transparent windows to show the popups that have border radius.
The menus in ...
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is there a windows dll that provides fprintf etc
The current Windows SDK seems to no longer have a DLL that provides a lot of the c runtime. I can find fopen in ucrtbase.dll, but fprintf is nowhere to be found. stdio has inline definitions:
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C++ Builder CE 12. My program behaves differently when launched from the IDE or standalone [closed]
I'm developping a Win32 application that uses serial communications.
The COM port access is performed with Windows file API. My program is doing what it is supposed to do when executed from the Rad ...
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Win32 C++ Enumerate "Internal Storage" File System of devices such as iPhone and MTP-USB digital camera
In order to enumerate the content of connected devices such as iPhones and a digital camera connected via MTP (USB), which aren't simple file drives, I looked at the example WPD API Sample. The ...
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How to fix single row of unpainted pixels underneath Win32 menu bar with Per-Monitor v2 DPI scaling?
I saw the following problem with my own app, but then I reproduced it with Windows Media Player, so I assume it's a bug in Windows.
The question is, how can I avoid it or work around it in my own app?
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How to enumerate microphone formats
So I found the undocumented API to change sound device formats How to change microphone format programmatically
However, it's still unclear how to enumerate the available endpoint formats that can be ...
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Local static variables are not initialized if app is loaded as dll
We have sandbox.exe, app.exe and app.dll. If users want to run the not sandboxed application, they run app.exe. If users want to run the application in the sandbox, they run sandbox.exe that loads app....
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AHK2 overlay only stays visible above taskbar when a file write triggers a refresh — any better alternatives?
I'm trying to keep a transparent always-on-top overlay (made in AHK v2) above the taskbar in Windows 10/11.
The Problem:
Everything works except when the Aero Peek / Show Desktop event fires (e.g. via ...
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Is there a way to convert LCID to language name in python? [closed]
is there a way to convert LCID Dec to language name in python or js?
ex : 1033 > "English - United States"
ex : 1034 > "Spanish - Spain (Traditional Sort)"
A python module ...
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How to change window title of the base workspace of MATLAB Desktop GUI of R2025a onwards on Windows
How do you change window title of the base workspace of MATLAB desktop GUI for R2025a onwards on Windows 10?
Prior to R2025a, mlservices gives an API:
desktop = com.mathworks.mlservices....