Visual C++ can’t find “Windows types” like PVOID, DWORD, ULONG, etc
You will need to include windows.h. Add this line at the top of your source file: #include <windows.h>
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SETX doesn’t append path to system path variable
To piggy-back on @Endoro’s answer (I lack the rep to comment): If you want to change the system-wide environment variables, you have to use /M, a la: setx PATH “%PATH%;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin” /M setx.exe is picky about placement of the /M, BTW. It needs to be at the end.
Capture screenshot Including Semitransparent windows in .NET
Forms that have the TransparencyKey or Opacity property set are so-called layered windows. They are shown using the “overlay” feature of the video adapter. Which make them being able to have their transparency effects. Capturing them requires turning on the CopyPixelOperation.CaptureBlt option in the CopyFromScreen overload that accepts the CopyPixelOperation argument. Unfortunately, this overload has … Read more
PyCharm does not recognize cv2 as a module
here are proper instructions if you have not built opencv from source so that everyone can follow it Click File menu > Settings Search ” Project Interpreter ” in search bar Click that + button to install packages or press Alt+Insert now Available packages window will open and then search for ” opencv-python ” and … Read more
Crontab Not Working with Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
You need to add yourself to the crontab group. usermod -a -G crontab (username) Once you have done this, you also need to make sure that cron is running. Usually this is started with start cron however upstart does not work on WSL from what I can tell, but sudo cron does the job. One … Read more
Vim: Change start up directory?
Assuming you’re starting gvim from an icon/shortcut in Windows (from the kind of paths you supply), you can change the starting directory (completely independent from the fact that it IS gvim: it would be the same from any other app!) by editing the “starting directory” property of that Windows icon/shortcut.
‘openssl’ is not recognized as internal or external command
The error you saw means there’s no such program in your %PATH% (external command) and it’s also not a built-in shell command (internal command). Install OpenSSL on your machine. You will also need to check that its installed location is in your %PATH%. By default it probably won’t be. As an example, suppose OpenSSL is … Read more
How can I get the SID of the current Windows account?
In Win32, call GetTokenInformation, passing a token handle and the TokenUser constant. It will fill in a TOKEN_USER structure for you. One of the elements in there is the user’s SID. It’s a BLOB (binary), but you can turn it into a string by using ConvertSidToStringSid. To get hold of the current token handle, use … Read more
Difference between OPEN_ALWAYS and CREATE_ALWAYS in CreateFile() of Windows API
CREATE_ALWAYS also truncates the contents if the file already exists. On the other hand, OPEN_ALWAYS will not clobber an already existing file. Here’s how the different values work in tabular form: | When the file… This argument: | Exists Does not exist ————————-+—————————————————— CREATE_ALWAYS | Truncates Creates CREATE_NEW +———–+ Fails Creates OPEN_ALWAYS ===| does this … Read more
Windows Visual Themes: Gallery of Parts and States?
I have created a small Windows application, programmed with the table at Parts and States. This application lets the programmer browse and explore all parts and states, using the current OS theme. (High-Res) It can be downloaded at https://privat.rejbrand.se/UxExplore.exe The (Delphi, Win32 API) source, which is too long to be posted here (due to hundreds … Read more