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I have an application that needs to run both on WinXP and Vista64. My program requires QueryFullProcessImageName() to work on Vista but not on XP. I try to load QueryFullProcessImageName() (instead of linking statically) via the kernel32.dll so that the same executable can run on both WinXP and Vista. The code that loads it is: //only gets called on vista bool LoadQueryFullProcessImageName() { HMODULE hDLL = LoadLibrary("kernel32.dll"); if (!hDLL) return(0); //Now use pointer to get access to functions defined in DLL fpQueryFullProcessImageName = (LPQueryFullProcessImageName)GetProcAddress

When hiding the Task Bar on Vista and Windows 7 the Start Button (also known as the Start Orb) doesn't get hidden. I've been looking for a solution to this and I've found one but it seems more complex than necessary. This CodeProject article describes (and contains code for) a solution where you enumerate all child windows of all threads in the process that contains the start menu. Has anyone found a simpler solution? Just for reference. The code for hiding the Task Bar (without hiding the Orb) is as follows. First do the necessary Win32 imports and declarations. [DllImport("user32.dll")]

So, I cannot associate my program with a specific file type without forcing the poor user to enter its admin password (it may be ok for home users, but it is a gigantic problem for users in a corporate env). In this case the only solution is to make the association only for the current user. I have tried that but something is not working. If i understand correctly I have to write a key like (let's say) '.mp3' in ctCurUserFileExt and write in it something like 'my_file'. Then in ctCurUserClases I add a key like this: WriteReg_String(RootKey, ctCurUserClases+ 'my_file\shell\open\command', '',

I downloaded python 2.7.1 from the python website and installed it to windows. When attempting to symlink a file, I find that it is not supported. However, I found this issue , and saw that it was fixed. Will this be implemented, and if so when? I'm running windows Vista. Fernando Macedo There's a way to fix this, patching the os module on your's python environment start. The function to create symlinks is already avaliable from Windows API, you only need do call it. During python's startup, an attempt is made to import a module named sitecustomize.py , on the site-packages directory . We will

Where should I save data related to my application? Where should I save configuration files? Where should I save temporary files? Should I do it in "Documents"? "AppData"? Etc... What is the best practice for saving data to the disk (I guess, best practice for special folders?!)? Foxfire ApplicationData : Everything that your application needs as "per user" data and does not fall under other categories. Standard configuration files would go here. CommonApplicationData : Everything that is not "per user" data. LocalApplicationData : Data that is per user and non-roaming. For example, everything

This question already has an answer here: HttpListener Access Denied 11 answers I'm using HttpListener to allow a user to set up a proxy on a user-defined port. When I start the HttpListener, I get an exception if the application isn't running under administrator privileges in Vista. From what I've read, this is expected behavior - administrator privileges are required to start listening on a port. But I'm sure there are ways around this, as I run plenty of programs (like Skype) which listen on a port without requiring elevation to administrator. Is there a way to do this with HttpListener? If

I'm using the following code on Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 to query our active directory server to check the user name and password of a user on a domain. public Object IsAuthenticated() { String domainAndUsername = strDomain + "\\" + strUser; DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry(_path, domainAndUsername, strPass); SearchResult result; try { //Bind to the native AdsObject to force authentication. DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry) { Filter = ("(SAMAccountName=" + strUser + ")") }; search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("givenName"); // First Name search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sn"