This tip provides a simple implementation for the ICommand interface and enables to write quick code leaving the nuances of fetching the return types and asynchrony

Win7

Windows

WPF

Dev

threads

A Good Desktop Software in Users' Eyes

26 Sep 2015 by Southmountain

Some take-away to improve the quality of desktop software

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

A Simple Application to Notify the Caps Lock Status

25 Jun 2013 by Kaushik S Murthy

This application allows you to know the status of caps lock whenever the caps status is toggled

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

10 Jun 2014 by Sen Jacob

A simple task scheduler utility by which you can schedule a task to run at any time or interval

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

11 Jun 2014 by Sen Jacob

This is an alternative for "A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications"

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function

19 May 2013 by Amit Deshmukh 1010

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.

ADO.Net Connectivity using Stored Procedure and Output parameters

10 May 2015 by Ankit Bansal MVP

This articles explains the insertion of data into SQL Database using Stored Procedures with Output Parameters. Some Bootstrapping is also used to create a good looking HTML.

Allow write/modify access to CommonApplicationData

22 May 2010 by DaveyM69

Now your application can update it's saved data regrdless of the account it is running under.

Allow/Block a Program

29 Nov 2012 by Hesham Meneisi

This is a quick way to allow or disallow a program through the firewall.

An Workaround for Double Click on Treeview Checkbox

10 Jun 2014 by Thava Rajan

This tip is used to fix a workaround for a bug in double click on checkbox

Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again.

9 Mar 2012 by Mahmud Hasan

Whenever I try to install any software I get an error saying another installation is running.

Win7

Windows

Win64

Application Startup Permissions Validator

28 Mar 2013 by Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

This is a simple class/demo application that shows how to check whether the account that is being used to run the application has administrative rights.

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Augmented reality using irrlicht and newton

2 May 2013 by Ihab ramadan

Demo illustrates how to make augmented reality program using irrlicht and newton

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

1 Jan 2015 by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Away to always load BHO in a popup window

27 Mar 2012 by MinamiTiaki

BHO

Badges for Windows 7

9 Mar 2012 by Grigory Avdyushin

Short description how to create a sexy badge for windows 7 taskbar

Basic MVVM Listbox Binding in WPF

11 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich

Basic MVVM pattern for binding items to a listbox in WPF

Basic SQL Auto-Purging for Document Management

25 Jul 2012 by Dan Steuer

This article will help manage automatic database purges according to basic Document Management principles.

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

1 Mar 2011 by Indivara

Are you sure your batch file will actually do what you intended?

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

1 Mar 2011 by Br.Bill

First command of the file should be:PUSHD directory_you_want_to_be_inThat solves it always. No testing for anything. No need to error out, because your expected file's gonna be in the expected directory.

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

1 Mar 2011 by Reto70

if you want to run the script in the folder where the script is store you can add the following code@ECHO %0 %*@pushd@cd /D "%~dp0"@cd....@pause@popdin most case %0 is the name of the script including the full path%~dp0 is only the drive and the path of the scriptcd...

Bench a Dialog on the Taskbar

26 Dec 2014 by Roger65

A project to place a Dialog Box on the Taskbar

Bidirectional Replication - in MySQL

28 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.

Blocking Particular Website in Computer

11 Sep 2012 by John Bhatt

How can I block some website permanently like (facebook.com) and more social site on my employees computers

C# - Google Maps in WinForm with WebBrowser and Google Maps API v3

24 Mar 2015 by SMPS LLC

With this tip, you can show a map in your WinForm application with the Google Maps API v3.

C# Bluetooth Monitor for Lego Mindstorms NXT

19 Aug 2015 by charles922

Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth

C# FileSearch

8 Sep 2013 by arussell

Search for file using regualar expression or classic *.*

Win7

Windows

Dev

C# How To Read .xlsx Excel File With 3 Lines of Code

29 Jul 2014 by dietmar paul schoder

Read rows and cells from an xlsx-file: quick, dirty, effective.

C# Portable Exe File

26 May 2012 by arthur zamarin

Making an exe file from C# project that runs from any Windows, without must of Net Framework instaled.

C# Web File Download with BITSadmin

27 Mar 2013 by metastruct

When WebClient, HttpRequest, and all else fail, BITSadmin solves your download woes

C++/MFC File Unlocker

4 Apr 2015 by arussell

Unlock a file that is in use by another process

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

15 Oct 2012 by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

17 Apr 2012 by abhinavshastri

How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

Capturing Video from Web-camera on Windows 7 and 8 by using Media Foundation

10 Apr 2013 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple lib for capturing video from web-camera by using Media Foundation

CEdit - Show or Hide Password

13 Feb 2016 by JPhelps

To dynamically set the password viewing style for the edit control

CenterWindow in WIN32

2 Oct 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

CenterWindow in WIN32

23 Sep 2011 by Charles Kludge

void CenterWnd(HWND wnd){ RECT r,r1; GetWindowRect(wnd,&r); GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r1); MoveWindow(wnd,((r1.right-r1.left)-(r.right-r.left))/2, ((r1.bottom-r1.top)-(r.bottom-r.top))/2, (r.right-r.left), (r.bottom-r.top),0);}

CenterWindow in WIN32

4 Oct 2011 by Nick Kulikovsky

There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}

CFileDialog in a Console Application

23 Jan 2012 by Roger65

CFileDialog in a Console Application

Change to Global Keyboard and Mouse Hooks behavior in Windows 7

19 Jan 2011 by Dave Kreskowiak

This is probably why your global keyboard and mouse hooks stopped working on Windows 7

Win7

Win32

Change Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Size

7 Feb 2013 by Coding 101

Need to see larger thumbnails on the taskbar?

Win7

Windows

Changing Windows Aero Color

24 Jun 2013 by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

Ever wanted to change the Windows Aero color without restarting the DWM?

Check Digit Vertical and Horizontal

6 May 2013 by Hernán Hegykozi

This tip explains how to calculate the Check Digit Vertical (CDV) and Horizontal (CDH) by SQL Server.

Clear Text On Windows Aero Glass

9 Jun 2014 by Rixterz123

How to get text to show perfectly clearly on Aero glass

ComboBox ObservableCollection Overkill

6 Dec 2013 by dietmar paul schoder

RibbonComboBox in MVVM/WPF: the easiest way

Communication between the Controllers in AngularJS

14 May 2014 by Member 10771162

AngularJS: Communication between Controllers

Compiler Warnings: Ignore at Your Own Risk

28 Jun 2015 by David A. Gray

While you can often get away with ignoring compiler warnings, failing to at least scan them can bite hard!

Complete Date/Time Picker Control

8 Aug 2013 by Peter T. Ringering

A complete replacement to Microsoft's Date/Time Picker control.

Convert Arabic Number To Alphabet (التفقيط) تحويل الأرقام إلى حروف

11 Nov 2012 by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

10 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Convert Numbers to Words Neatly

3 Feb 2013 by Normz Antonino

This tip shows you how to convert numbers to words neatly.

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

7 Jun 2013 by FatzBomb

How to convert a written number to a numerical value anywhere in a string.

Copy Paste and Insert in Datagridview (Winforms)

28 May 2014 by Thava Rajan

Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview

Creating a Link in the Left Pane of the File Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

22 Aug 2016 by Sujith Karivelil

Creating a link in the left pane of the file Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

Creating Wifi HotSpot with the Help of CMD and C#

21 Sep 2013 by Zain Ul Abidin

How to create a Wifi HotSpot with the help of CMD and C#

Win7

Win8

Windows

CRichEditCtrl Does Not Take the Return

6 Mar 2014 by Arkadiusz@inquiry

CRichEditCtrl does not take the return

Custom (XP-like) QuickLaunch

4 Oct 2013 by Adam Wojnar

An easy implementation of the taskbar-independent "quick launch"

Windows

Win7

Vista

Custom disk clean up using WSH VBScript

1 Aug 2014 by Gautham Prabhu K

Perform custom disk clean up when hard disk free space goes low

Days Left Timer VBS

29 Jun 2010 by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Detect a DoubleClick to Prevent a Change in Checkstate

21 Nov 2013 by JRCoderMan

Detects a double-click via an initial and subsequent OnMouseDown event

Detect Amount of Arc

11 Dec 2013 by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

With this algorithm, we can detect amount and knoll of an arc

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved

5 Aug 2014 by vertex4343

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

23 Feb 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

Easy Desktop Web Stats

23 Oct 2012 by Michael J Hill - OH

Create a Windows desktop app to display daily web stats from your personal site

Easy USB Remover (F10 to remove)

23 Nov 2013 by Prabakaran T

If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive, you are probably already familiar with the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon that sits in the system tray. The problem for many people is that the icon is tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is a pain.

Excel Automation with SAP Generated Report

28 Nov 2014 by ehab_nour

Processing SAP generated Excel file as a report to get some information

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

12 Jun 2017 by LukeCodes

This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.

Facebook blocker

10 Oct 2012 by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

Falling Blocks

19 Oct 2015 by charles922

Another way to implement Falling Blocks Game

Fast and high quality Bitmap to icon converter

29 Jul 2013 by Ordiales

When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.

Fast base64 functions for encode/decode

29 Aug 2014 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A quick solution to transform binary data to plain text

Find All Windows Operating Systems

13 Aug 2010 by Not Active

Plagiarized from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724429(VS.85).aspx[^]

FindWhat

29 Jan 2013 by Roger65

Find file or use wildcard i.e. dlg*.h, or *.*

Fixing Daylight Saving Time of Windows for Next 100 years

30 Sep 2014 by Vahid_N

Microsoft has not updated Iran's daylight saving time information since 2009. Let's find out how it works and then fix it for the next 100 years!

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

29 Jan 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

From Task to Async/Await

17 Jan 2016 by SubhamoyBurman

Use of Task Parallel Library and Async/Await in your application

Generative Art I

29 Dec 2014 by dietmar schoder

Turtle graphics: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art II

1 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Read and analyse pixels: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art V: Merge Pixels Like Warhol

18 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Merge pixels of two images into one new pop artwork

Generic Method to Convert DataReader Result into List of CLR Objects

24 Apr 2014 by Bankey Sharma

Converting DataReader Result into List of Objects Using Generic Type, Property Attribute and Reflection

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

8 Jun 2012 by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

Get at your Solutions Quickly in VS2010 with Windows 7 Pinning and Jump Lists

19 Apr 2010 by TheyCallMeMrJames

Windows 7 introduced Pinning and Jump lists, two features that, when combined, let you get at your most recent projects quickly.Visual Studio 2010 is also smart enough to differentiate between files, projects and solutions, only displaying the bigger-picture items in the jump lists.To...

Get date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

5 Dec 2015 by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

7 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

GetLastError as std::string

19 Oct 2012 by Orjan Westin

Simple function to get the text message corresponding to a system error.

Getting Icon Overlays to Work

28 May 2014 by Joan M

Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit

Win7

Win8

Windows

Getting Vista Style after importing old project to VS2010

22 Apr 2010 by Nic Wilson

Many users ask how to get Vista or Windows 7 style dialog windows when they have imported an older project to Visual Studio 2010.To enable this is quite simple, follow the steps.1. With your project loaded, select the project in solution explorer.2. From the 'Project' menu choose...

Windows

Win7

Vista

Git + WinMerge + Cygwin

1 Jul 2010 by Thiru Thirunavukarasu

How to use WinMerge to view diffs with Git under Cygwin

Win7

Git

Cygwin

God Mode in Windows7 and Vista

15 Aug 2011 by csanuragjain

Unlocks various control options