Windows - Peter Bloomfield

CMake

Path error when building with Conan and CMake

An autorun registry entry left behind by Conda can cause Conan/CMake builds to fail on Windows

batch

Emit audible warning from a batch script

How to make a Windows batch script emit an audible beep.

Windows

Changing the emulation mode of the Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control

An ActiveX browser control may emulate IE7 by default. This behaviour can be changed using a registry key.

Windows

NSIS Access Control problem with built-in users group

User group names on Windows Vista onwards are localised strings. When setting file permissions in an installer, you may need to use a Security Identifier instead.

c++

Introduction to Win32 Named Pipes (C++)

A tutorial about using synchronous named pipes in the Win32 API to transfer data between processes.

php

PHP quirk: shell commands breaking on Windows

How to work-around a PHP quirk which prevents some shell commands from running on Windows.

c++

Using GDI+ in C++ Win32 programming

A tutorial to help you start using GDI+ in your C++ programs on Windows.

c++

Working with COM and DirectShow

A very rough overview of COM, and an example of using DirectShow to play a video in a C++ program.