Questions tagged [windows]
Writing software specific to the Microsoft Windows operating system: APIs, behaviours, etc. GENERAL WINDOWS SUPPORT IS OFF-TOPIC. Support questions may be asked on https://superuser.com
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Thread pool for executing arbitrary tasks with different priorities
I'm trying to come up with a design for a thread pool with a lot of design requirements for my job. This is a real problem for working software, and it's a difficult task. I have a working ...
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C++ : What's the easiest library to open video file
I would like to open a small video file and map every frames in memory (to apply some custom filter). I don't want to handle the video codec, I would rather let the library handle that for me.
I've ...
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What exactly is WPF?
I have seen lots of questions recently about WPF...
What is it?
What does it stand for?
How can I begin programming WPF?
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Is it possible to start a scheduled Windows task from a package?
Does anyone know if you can and how to start off a scheduled Windows task on a Remote Server from within a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package?
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What steps can I give a windows user to make a given file writeable
Imagine we have a program trying to write to a particular file, but failing.
On the Windows platform, what are the possible things which might be causing the file to be un-writable, and what steps ...
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How to best implement software updates on windows? [closed]
I want to implement an "automatic update" system for a windows application.
Right now I'm semi-manually creating an "appcast" which my program checks, and notifies the user that a new version is ...
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MySQL shell on Windows
The command line interface to MySQL works perfectly well in itself, but when using my local copy I'm forced to interact with it using the old-fashioned DOS windows. Is there some way I can redirect it ...
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Get a list of current windows, and give one of them focus, in .Net
Without resorting to PInvoke, is there a way in .net to find out what windows are open? This is slightly different than asking what applications are running in memory. For example, Firefox could be ...
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How to embed user-specific data in .NET windows setup app at setup download time?
I'd like to have a link in my ASP.NET web site that authenticated users click to download a windows app that is already pre-configured with their client ID and some site config data. My goal is no ...
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Is it possible to list named events in Windows?
I would like to create events for certain resources that are used across various processes and access these events by name. The problem seems to be that the names of the events must be known to all ...
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How do I change my Active Sound Card on the Fly?
I currently have speakers set up both in my office and in my living room, connected to my PC via two sound cards, and would like to switch the set of speakers I'm outputting to on the fly.
Anyone ...
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Ruby On Rails on Windows with Mongrel
Where is the best tutorial for getting Ruby On Rails working on a windows box with Mongrel? I'm a complete novice at server management, so the more detailed the better!
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Is there anyway to run Ruby on Rails applications on a Windows box?
I'm looking to run Redmine, a Ruby on Rails app, on a VPS windows box. The only thing I can really think of is running a virtual Linux machine and hosting it from there. If that is my only option, ...
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Google Talk's Graphics Toolkit?
What graphics toolkit is used for the Window's Google Talk application?
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How do I make Windows aware of a service I have written in Python?
In another question I posted yesterday, I got very good advice on how a Python script could be run as a service in Windows. What I'm left wondering is: How is Windows aware of the services that can be ...
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