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Running a c# console app I wrote on 64 bit Vista. Here's the code: class Class1 { static void Main(string[] args) { Debug.Assert(File.Exists(@"c:\test.ini")); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(500); uint res = GetPrivateProfileString("AppName", "KeyName", "", sb, sb.Capacity, @"c:\test.ini"); Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString()); } [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(string lpAppName, string lpKeyName, string lpDefault, StringBuilder lpReturnedString, int nSize, string lpFileName); } I'm sure I'll get a big "DUH!" for an answer, but I'm not seeing why this

Instead of calling regsvr32.exe , one can register a .DLL using the following steps: HINSTANCE hLib = ::LoadLibraryEx(dllPath, NULL, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH); HRESULT (STDAPICALLTYPE* lpDllEntryPoint)(void); (FARPROC&)lpDllEntryPoint = ::GetProcAddress(hLib, "DllRegisterServer"); const HRESULT hRes = (*lpDllEntryPoint)(); This works fine on Windows XP. Regrettably, it fails on Vista, but only with some specific DLLs. hRes becomes E_ACCESSDENIED . I guess this is a security issue. Does anyone know how to register a .DLL from code on Windows Vista? Note: I was logged in as administrator

I have a question regarding memory allocation order. In the following code I allocate in a loop 4 strings. But when I print the addresses they don't seem to be allocated one after the other... Am I doing something wrong or is it some sort of defense mechanism implemented by the OS to prevent possible buffer overflows? (I use Windows Vista). Thank you. char **stringArr; int size=4, i; stringArr=(char**)malloc(size*sizeof(char*)); for (i=0; i<size; i++) stringArr[i]=(char*)malloc(10*sizeof(char)); strcpy(stringArr[0], "abcdefgh"); strcpy(stringArr[1], "good-luck"); strcpy(stringArr[2], "mully");

Windows Vista has "Presentation Mode", which you can turn on with the Mobility Center. How can I turn it on programmatically? The only way I found is to call presentationsettings.exe with /start or /stop directly. I also found this link that describes how to activate presentation mode on desktop PCs: http://www.dubuque.k12.ia.us/it/mobilitycenter/ Hope that helps. This seems to fill your need: link text This is quite old, but I found this wasn't working from a third party program, because cmd wasn't inheriting the environment, therefore these weren't working like they would from the Run Box:

Closed. This question is off-topic . It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 5 years ago . On these questions: Which Vista edition is best for a developer machine? Vista or XP for Dev Machine People are recommending 64 bit, can you explain why? Is it just so you can have more then 3GB of addressable RAM that 32 bit gives you? And how does Visual Studio benefit from all this extra RAM? I went from 64 bit XP back to 32 bit due to 90% of the software I was using only being 32 bit anyway and I had issues

On Vista, I got a problem with the application crash handler. Basically, if something unexpected occurs which cannot be captured by SEH, I get this pop-up window with "The application stopped working", blablabla, "Close program/Debug program" -- that is, after I disable the error reporting using the system control panel. With error reporting enabled, you would get a task dialog with search for solution online, close, debug. This is not so funny if it happens in automated tools, and I wonder whether there is a way to get rid of it totally , read, if my app crashes, it just crashes to the