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Need to change the display setting in windows 10

Hi,I have two display ports in system. Based on the ports ID i need to clone or extend the displays Programatically in C++.Is any one have an idea how to clone and extend the displays? Do we have any...

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Service crashed with exception : {EXCEPTION} Guard Page Exception A page of...

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  (.exr -1) .exr -1 ExceptionAddress: 003feb16   ExceptionCode: 80000001 (Guard page violation)  ExceptionFlags: 00000000 NumberParameters: 2   Parameter[0]: 00000000   Parameter[1]:...

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Microsoft Defender Smart Screen Preventing my MSI to run

I am working on a windows application. After creating the installer file i.e. MSI, it gets installed and works perfectly however, once i upload it on cloud server and try downloading it from there and...

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Microsoft Defender Smart Screen Preventing my MSI to run

I am working on a windows application. After creating the installer file i.e. MSI, it gets installed and works perfectly however, once i upload it on cloud server and try downloading it from there and...

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C++ Win32 list view control that can draw GDI+ bitmaps?

I have a bunch of GDI+ Bitmap objects. I have a Win32 common controls SysListView32 list view control set to the LVS_ICON style (large icons). I want to somehow use those GDI+ Bitmap objects as the...

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MSIX Desktop Bridge for old Windows Forms app takes 1 minute to launch

Hi:I've recently packaged an old Windows Forms app (.NET 4.7.2) into an MSIX using the MSIX Packing Tool.The app has a dependency on a Crystal Reports runtime which requires admin permissions on...

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Cipher suite selection in SChannel

I have implemented (Windows 10.0.17763.0/VS2017/C++)a client/server which does secure communication using schannel. Now the requirement is to use only a set of cipher suites for the communication...

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Windows update 19041 (2004) GetCommandLineA() vs rasman.dll

Hello, short problem description: looks like rasman.dll internally modifies block of memory where process's command line string resides.After running mixed application (C++/.NET) on a new Windows...

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SystemParameters.CaptionHeight not correct always

is there any method to get right values for each titlebar font changecurrenlty SystemParameters.CaptionHeight gives wrong values

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Severe GUI Performance Degradation

This has only just started to occur since 16 July 2020.  (I've tried several times to raise a ticket, but the online form gets stuck taking my CC payment so it I can't lodge a ticket yet.) Starting...

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How to use DuplicateHandle

I want to pass a handle of my main EXE via a command line arg to another process (exe) so the second process can determine if the main process has exited unexpectedly. But, I can't quite get the calls...

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SystemParameters.CaptionHeight not correct always

is there any method to get right values for each titlebar font changecurrenlty SystemParameters.CaptionHeight gives wrong values

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callback function in WCF client application to obtain the serial com data...

I have a WCF Server application which communicates with client application . I want to use serialport in WCF server application and get the data in client application with callback function . Please...

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Search Bar on the Task Bar and Explorer window Inactive - Windows 10 20H2

      I am using PC of 4 GB RAM, Intel(R) Core i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30 GHz 64-bit OS, x64-based processor. On 15th May, 2020, my PC got updated to Windows 10 Pro 20H2 OS Build 19042.388 Feature Experience...

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Services return values

I have been testing error situations with a service module. This module is written in C++ and closely modules the sample control handler provided at...

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Partner Center Submission - Stuck in certification

Hi,  I can not find anyway to contact support for the Microsoft Partner Center without just being shown Microsoft Docs as solutions for a ticket. I have submitted an update to my UWP application on the...

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Update Unicode Please ?!

Why is that a multibillion corporation cannot update a simple unicode on windows, and for this reason, emojjis show nicely on some android phone, and like gray worthless pics on windows 10?Sounds like...

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Python App to Windows Store

I am trying to submit my Python app (PyQT GUI) to the Windows Store, but it says I need to have a UWP, which I can't make. Is there anything I can do?

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Newer version of Windows 10 does not obey ultraHighResolutionScrollingAware...

Hi there, I have a legacy win32 application which handles its own scrolling events. As expected from a legacy application, this app assumes that all scroll event is of multiple 120 (basically it rounds...

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How to get colors of default app mode "Dark" in my Win32 App

   There is "choose your default app mode" in Win10 setting with two options, "Light" and "Dark". I know an UWP app automatically respond to the setting and change its appearance automatically. Now the...

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