Tag:migrated-from-wordpress
All the articles with the tag "migrated-from-wordpress".
git core bug
Announcement that a git core pull request fixing ANSI sequences in non-terminal output was accepted upstream.
PowerShell Registry Set-ItemProperty gotchas
Documents undocumented Type parameter behavior in Set-ItemProperty and how to correctly read and write typed registry values.
PowerShell 3 - Attempting to perform the InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the FileSystem provider failed
Fix for a PowerShell 3 startup error caused by disconnected network drives, resolved via a registry key change.
Windows Task Scheduler silently fails
Diagnoses why a Task Scheduler task silently fails when run without a logged-on user due to unavailable mapped network drives.
NUnit issue
Bug report for NUnit console failing when error messages contain invalid XML characters such as null bytes.
git core and GitExtensions bugs
Summary of bug fixes and pull requests contributed to git core and GitExtensions for ANSI sequences and file history issues.
The best debugging technique - inverse breakpoint
Using Debugger.Launch and Debugger.Break in C# code to attach a debugger to hard-to-reach processes like Visual Studio plugins.
Task Scheduler Event IDs
Reference table of Windows Task Scheduler event log IDs and their corresponding task lifecycle categories.
C__PowerShell Clipboard Watcher
Implements a clipboard change watcher in PowerShell using inline C# with P/Invoke and WinForms WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE.
PowerShell scripts and "Pattern Main"
Pattern for structuring PowerShell scripts with a Main function so core logic appears at the top before helper functions.