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Fix it. Bolt it down. Forget it.

Posted on by paulmooreparks Posted in analogies, environment, programming, visual studio, Windows — No Comments ↓

Setting up your environment to be the same all the time, everywhere, can make it easier to focus on the task at hand. From the age of about 14 I’ve been sitting in front of a computer with a guitar…

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Dragsens version 1.4

Posted on by paulmooreparks Posted in cplusplus, dragsens, programming, software, utilities, Windows — 6 Comments ↓

UPDATE: Download the latest version from the main project page. There is also a version of this utility with a graphical interface that’s easier to use. It’s time for a new version of the command-line version of the dragsens utility,…

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Windows Version of Dragsens

Posted on by paulmooreparks Posted in cplusplus, programming, software, utilities, Windows — 13 Comments ↓

UPDATE: Download the latest version from the main project page. There is also a console-based version of this utility that’s more suitable for system administrators. In response to a comment on the previous version of the drag sensitivity utility, I’ve…

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Updated Version of Dragsens

Posted on by paulmooreparks Posted in cplusplus, programming, software, utilities, Windows — 9 Comments ↓

UPDATE: Download the latest version from the main project page. There is also a version of this utility with a graphical interface that’s easier to use. I have built a new version of the dragsens utility, which allows one to…

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A Script to Find All Aliases for a Cmdlet

Posted on by Paul Parks Posted in .NET, PowerShell, scripting, software, Windows — No Comments ↓

I’ve mentioned before that I love PowerShell, but I’m still trying to commit enough Cmdlets and aliases to memory that I can be immediately productive from a Powershell prompt without having to have a browser window open to the Powershell…

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Supporting the Ribbon and Menus

Posted on by Paul Parks Posted in COM, ripsaw, software, UI, Windows — No Comments ↓

How to support both the Ribbon and a traditional menu in a single executable and allow users to switch between them.

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It’s Not a DOS Prompt!

Posted on by Paul Parks Posted in rants, Windows — 1 Comment ↓

I’ve been hearing this a lot lately (you know who you are), so rather than pull all of you aside privately and give this lecture, I thought I’d do it once, publicly. You’re not running a DOS prompt. When you…

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An API is Forever

Posted on by Paul Parks Posted in C#, software, Windows — 2 Comments ↓

An API is an interface. Those of you that have worked with COM already know that once an interface is published, it can never, ever change. Ever. Not until the end of time. The reason is that some bit of…

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Windows Drag Sensitivity Utility

Posted on by Paul Parks Posted in cplusplus, programming, software, utilities, Windows — 14 Comments ↓

UPDATE: Download the latest version from the main project page. There is also a version of this utility with a graphical interface that’s easier to use. Inspired by an article by Raymond Chen about how to correctly change the Windows…

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