Questions tagged [win32]
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How do I gray out the service startup type for my own windows service? (The service is written using win32 API ) [migrated]
I am writing a service, in which I want to restrict users from modifying service startup type. How do I do? I have attached a windows service which grays out the startup option.
WinDefend - Service ...
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Why is my Windows 10 charmap UI layout 'messed up'?
I'm not really sure how to describe it, so here's a picture. I added the red arrows to highlight some of the things that look wrong.
Windows 10 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3930)
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Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe?
Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe in Windows?
Both of these System32 executables seem to just open the Task Manager.
If there is no difference then why have two different ...
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Any way to disable rounded CONTROLS (not windows!) in Windows 11?
There are lots of utilities out there that allow you disable rounded corners of application windows in Windows 11, but I haven't been able to find anything that manages to also modify the visual ...
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How do I remove unsupported characters from a filename on Windows
I've used a live boot CD of Linux couple weeks ago and have redirected screenshots to my NTFS drive.The filenames contain a colon symbol : which is one of the unsupported characters for a filename on ...
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How do you change the name shown in Task Manager for a running process (in particular a sub-process of the main executable) [closed]
Unlike on Linux or macOS, I haven't been able to find an API to change the process name of a running process (or in the case I care about, a sub-process). I'd want it to still appear under the main ...
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How is a batch file (`.cmd` / `.bat`) file executed on Windows?
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On Windows, the application responsible for opening a given file type (identified by its extension) is resolved using file associations defined (among a few other places) in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
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Control Panel Applet Execution Command Line Syntax
I'm trying to invoke Internet Options Control Panel applet through command line (Run dialogue).
Specifically, the "Connections" tab.
I used the following syntax:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,...
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GUI Cut and Paste
Does Cut and Paste GUI function in Windows10 use -r (recursive) method? Will it move the sub-folder structure with all meta data and other hidden attributes?
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Can I access host win32 APIs from a guest virtual machine?
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Extract information from a Windows app running on host OS by using win32 APIs from inside of Virtual machine.
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I need to run a background job on a clients' machine and I want to script ...
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Why does a Win32 application show Korean Characters correctly on one Windows 10 computer but not another with the same version and language packs?
Our company supports a Win32 App. One of our customers uses both English and Korean (Hangul) characters. One of the two computers displays Korean characters correctly in a particular set of fields, ...
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Restore passwords from Google Chrome login file
I have reinstalled Windows recently and as a result lost all of my login data for Google Chrome with sites' passwords. A little research told me that I have to be under the exact same windows profile ...
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How do I bring multiple screen locking dialog box back to the screen in an awful and old win32 application on Windows 7?
When I use the win32 program in question the screen locks as it would with a shadow box on most modern applications, except without the shadow box and often with two over lapping dialogs that don't ...
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What is windows API?
I dug on the internet to try to have a clear idea of what are exactly a framework, a library, and an API.
But I still don't understand something. What is the framework/library the windows API is ...
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Disabling the auto move of windows to the primary screen when changing screen configuration?
Using a single screen machine when I log in via Remote Desktop to a machine with three screens, all my open windows automatically get moved to the primary screen.
Is there a way to disable this ...
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