Hi. I have a problem (and have been having it for some time now) -- the new sound mixer stack in Vista features new cool things, but also re-invents the wheel. Many applications that used to use Volume Mixer on a Windows system to mix different voiced outputs into one input (for example Wave-out + Line-in --> Stereo Mix) have since stopp...
Is there an api to bring the vista side bar to the front (Win+Space) programatically and to do the reverse (send it to the back ground). ...
Hi, When creating a setup/MSI with Visual Studio is it possible to make a setup for a simple application that doesn't require administrator permissions to install? If its not possible under Windows XP is it possible under Vista? For example a simple image maniputlation application that allows you to paste photos on top of backgrounds....
Our application commonly used an ActiveX control to download and install our client on IE (XP and prior), however as our user base has drifted towards more Vista boxes with "Protected Mode" on, we are required to investigate. So going forward, is it worth the headache of trying to use the protected mode API? Is this going to result in ...
Is there a program or API I can code against to extract individual files from a Windows Vista Complete PC Backup image? I like the idea of having a complete image to restore from, but hate the idea that I have to make two backups, one for restoring individual files, and one for restoring my computer in the event of a catastrophic failur...
Which built in (if any) tool can I use to determine the allocation unit size of a certain NTFS partition ? ...
I re-image one of my machines regularly; and have a script that I run after the OS install completes to configure my machine; such that it works how I like. I happen to have my data on another drive...and I'd like to add code to my script to change the location of the Documents directory from "C:\Users\bryansh\Documents" to "D:\Users\br...
The following code is causing an intermittent crash on a Vista machine. using (SoundPlayer myPlayer = new SoundPlayer(Properties.Resources.BEEPPURE)) myPlayer.Play(); I highly suspect it is this code because the prgram crashes mid-beep or just before the beep is played every time. I have top-level traps for all ThreadExceptions,...
There are a couple of tricks for getting glass support for .Net forms. I think the original source for this method is here: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/04/18/578637.aspx Basically: //reference Desktop Windows Manager (DWM API) [DllImport( "dwmapi.dll" )] static extern void DwmIsCompositionEnabled( ref bool pfEnabled ); [D...
We've got some in-house applications built in MFC, with OpenGL drawing routines. They all use the same code to draw on the screen and either print the screen or save it to a JPEG file. Everything's been working fine in Windows XP, and I need to find a way to make them work on Vista. In three of our applications, everything works. In ...
After compiling a simple C++ project using Visual Studio 2008 on vista, everything runs fine on the original vista machine and other vista computers. However, moving it over to an XP box results in an error message: "The application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect". What do I have to do so my compiled ...
What is the best way of doing this? tmpnam() returns a path to a file in the root of the drive, which requires administrator privileges on Windows Vista, so this is not an option. ...
Has anyone else experienced (and possibly solved) unintentional pitch changes using MS SAPI TTS voices? I'm using the SpVoice automation interface with SAPI 5.1. Right now, my application (VB6 app) can get into a state where the TTS (Microsoft Anna) starts to sound like a chipmunk (proper rate, but high pitch) and even a reboot of Vis...
I need my application to behave differently depending on whether Vista UAC is enabled or not. How can my application detect the state of UAC on the user's computer? ...
I've just built a VS C++ 6.0 program using VS 2008. When I attempt to run or debug the application, Vista asks for permission. What is it about how the program is built that causes this? The program is being built and run from a subfolder of C:\Dev This response made no sense to me as a solution to the problem. ...
My Vista application needs to know whether the user has launched it "as administrator" (elevated) or as a standard user (non-elevated). How can I detect that at run time? ...
I have a simple software that is made in Delphi 7, and it crashes on Vista after a while. These are totally random crashes, nothing is written in any crash log, just stops working and then Vista tries to find a solution. Does anyone have any ideas ? ...
I would like to use the Logger tool that ships with the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows. However, on Vista it crashes even with built-in Vista applications: > logger calc or > logger notepad The issue occurs if I run the tool from a command prompt with or without administrator rights. I'm using version 3.01 (3/20/2008). T...
How do you draw a custom button next to the minimize, maximize and close buttons within the Titlebar of the Form? I know you need to use Win32 API calls and override the WndProc procedure, but I haven't been able to figure out a solution that works right. Does anyone know how to do this? More specifically, does anyone know a way to do ...
I tried to install Delphi 7 on Vista several times and Vista prevented me from doing so by telling me that there are known problems with this application (Delphi 7). Several other people in my company experienced problems with installing D7 on Vista. This lead to the conclusion that we were at risk with our D7 application, as the compan...