What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?(devblogs.microsoft.com)

289 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 150 comments

How does Windows synthesize CF_Unicode­TEXT from CF_TEXT and vice versa?(devblogs.microsoft.com)

3 points by ibobev 10 months ago | 0 comments

Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI(blogs.windows.com)

68 points by MaysonL 9 months ago | 70 comments

Ldd(1) and Untrusted Binaries (2023)(jmmv.dev)

44 points by 3np 2 years ago | 25 comments

What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?(devblogs.microsoft.com)

338 points by soheilpro 1 month ago | 165 comments

Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing post explaining how Windows XP picked a new user's initial account picture from the default pictures directory.

A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts(devblogs.microsoft.com)

158 points by tybulewicz 1 month ago | 101 comments

A Raymond Chen post on The Old New Thing blog recounting the history of Windows scroll bar operations and shortcuts, including the Windows 7 right-click menu.