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proper requirements to test in house before buying an EV to interact with the secure desktop

Hey there, Been in business since 1997, I have approx 2,800 customers I help remotely... currently paying for Anydesk or Teamviewer depending on who is cheaper at the time. To save money, we're programmers as well so we thought we would just make our…

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Windows 11 + Device Guard slows down CreateProcess + pipe output capture (ReadFile waits longer)

Hi Microsoft Support Team, We are seeing a significant performance difference between Windows 10 and Windows 11 when Device Guard (VBS/HVCI/WDAC) is enabled, and we would like your guidance on why this occurs. Issue description (technical) Our…

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S, Ananth 0

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can I replace Win32 subsystem and ALL windows subsystems with my own?

sounds like a weird and fantasy question, I know... but I'm just theoretically speaking, can I replace all the built-in subsystems that come with windows like Win32 and the GUI stack (win32k.sys, directX, etc..) with my own? in the very past, NT kernel…

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How to get current IME Chinese/English mode from Windows 11 language bar using C++ ?

I am developing a C++ console application on Windows 11 and I need to detect the current input mode (Chinese / English) shown in the taskbar language bar. My goal is to track in real time whether the IME is in Chinese input mode or English input mode…

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How to access UFS_DEVICE_HEALTH_DESCRIPTOR

Has anyone a working example of how to access UFS_DEVICE_HEALTH_DESCRIPTOR data https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ddi/ufs/ns-ufs-ufs_device_health_descriptor via IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY in a similar way like for NVMe…

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Cloud Sync Engine cloud files search (SearchHandlerFactory) does not seem to work with Explorer

The cloud sync engine documentation is pretty clear on this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cfapi/build-a-cloud-file-sync-engine#cloud-files-search I should be able implement IStorageProviderSearchHandlerFactory…

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How to have more than 100 million entries in a Win32 virtual list view

Hi, We need to manage more than 100 million entries in a Win32 virtual list view but it looks like this is an undocumented limit to the number of entries. Trying to add more than 100 million entries will result in it being capped and only showing up to…

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How to create a shell extension using IExplorerCommand for Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7?

After reading Microsoft's documentation, Raymond Chen's blog, NanaZip implementation, and TortoiseSVN/TortoiseGit implementations, I created a "modern" shell extension implementing IClassFactory, IExplorerCommand, and IObjectWithSelection. …

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[CloudMirror] Placeholder folders remain on disk after uninstall

I have noticed that when I have dehydrated placeholder documents, on uninstall, these disappear, but the directory structure remains Is there some way to configure these placeholder folders to be removed on uninstall too? Its a problem because when…

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CF_CALLBACK_TYPE_CANCEL_FETCH_PLACEHOLDERS does not ever seem to be called

I refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/cfapi/ne-cfapi-cf_callback_type CF_CALLBACK_TYPE_CANCEL_FETCH_PLACEHOLDERS This callback is used to inform the sync provider that the contents of a placeholder directory are no longer needed,…

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How to implement IStorageProviderCopyHook in a Desktop Bridge application

Greetings, I would like to know what is a proper way to implement the IStorageProviderCopyHook interface in the context of a 'desktop bridge' application for a cloud sync engine (using the cloud filter API). The available documentation…

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In Windows 11, is it possible to write raw data to \\.\Physicaldisk0 using POWERSHELL?

Hello, In Windows 11 version 25h2, is it possible to write to \.\Physicaldisk0 (i.e., C:, the boot disk) in raw format using the PowerShell tool, or not? Is there anything to prove this? Also, I was able to read \.\Physicaldisk0 in raw (read-only) form.…

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how to know if the win32 window is Activated using keyboard keys

Hello, I have a win32 window with a window proc an event Handler and I want to know if that window is Activated using the Mouse or the Keyboard for the mouse I have used the WM_MOUSEACTIVATE but I don't know how to do it with the keyboard also how to get…

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How I could add The Parent-Child relation ship into my Win32 GUI

Hey, I want the users that are going to use the GUI Framework to be able to add Windows which have the Parent-Child relation ship but I want it like the winui3 style it creates a window but you still can control the parent window and when you close the…

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how to create this 3d image using direct 3d?

I want to create this 3d image using direct3d. then I can rotate and click the sub image in it. should I : 1.create this using other 3d software and then using direct3d? 2.just create them using direct3d? but how to add the light ?

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Dbghelp API fails to find symbol files in downstream store

Over time the local store that I used for downloaded symbol files had become quite large. I considered using the AgeStore utility to prune it but it balked because file system last access updating was disabled. So I decided to write a utility using the…

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Error Handling in user32.lib

CreateWindowEx is trying to call a NULL defined WndProc and silently crashes. If I register a WNDCLASS like this: WNDCLASSA wc = { .lpszClassName = "Test" }; RegisterClassA(&wc); the class is registered successfully. But if…

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^C sent to the stdin of a program running under a pseudo console does not generate break

I've written a program that launches a console application within a pseudoconsole. Following the documentation, I: Create two anonymous pipes. Call CreatePseudoConsole, passing in the appropriate end of each of the pipes for standard input &…

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Supported way to detect input or hotkey when Windows session is locked (secure desktop)

Hello, We need to validate a supported architecture for implementing a user-initiated trigger on Windows. Scenario: We have a Windows application or Windows Service running on a client machine. The user session may be signed in but locked. We need to…

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Jordi Parareda 20

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Need license infomation for BITS service

Hi, Can you provide the license information to use BITS interface https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/bits/bits-dot-net Thanks, Kishore

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proper requirements to test in house before buying an EV to interact with the secure desktop

Windows 11 + Device Guard slows down CreateProcess + pipe output capture (ReadFile waits longer)

can I replace Win32 subsystem and ALL windows subsystems with my own?

How to get current IME Chinese/English mode from Windows 11 language bar using C++ ?

How to access UFS_DEVICE_HEALTH_DESCRIPTOR

Cloud Sync Engine cloud files search (SearchHandlerFactory) does not seem to work with Explorer

How to have more than 100 million entries in a Win32 virtual list view

How to create a shell extension using IExplorerCommand for Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7?

[CloudMirror] Placeholder folders remain on disk after uninstall

CF_CALLBACK_TYPE_CANCEL_FETCH_PLACEHOLDERS does not ever seem to be called

How to implement IStorageProviderCopyHook in a Desktop Bridge application

In Windows 11, is it possible to write raw data to \\.\Physicaldisk0 using POWERSHELL?

how to know if the win32 window is Activated using keyboard keys

How I could add The Parent-Child relation ship into my Win32 GUI

how to create this 3d image using direct 3d?

Dbghelp API fails to find symbol files in downstream store

Error Handling in user32.lib

^C sent to the stdin of a program running under a pseudo console does not generate break

Supported way to detect input or hotkey when Windows session is locked (secure desktop)

Need license infomation for BITS service