Qedit.h did not ship in the Windows 7 SDK. Qedit.h is not compatible with Direct3D headers later than version 7 and no longer ships in the Windows SDKs.  The qedit.h file included with earlier versions of the Windows SDK is dependent on some header...

SecAnnotate can be used to analyze your assemblies, especially APTCA assemblies in order to find transparency violations without needing code coverage from a test case.  The static analysis provided by SecAnnotate is valuable in ensuring that your...

Have you tried the the new Help system in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 ?  Kathleen McGrath of Visual Studio User Education fame recently interviewed Ryan Linton, a Senior Program Manager on the Library Experience team.  Check out the video on Channel...

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers was recently updated and is how hosted online on Channel 9, so you don’t need to download it. It has several excellent new step-by-step MFC tutorials with lots of screen shots. You’ll need to be running...

Thanks to Engadget for sharing this great image of Burger King Japan's limited time offer "Windows 7 Whopper" with a whopping 7 layers of beef.  Stupid? Yes.  Disgusting? Yes.  But apparently, a great idea.  I Binged "...

Bing announced today that they’ve been working with Twitter, and now have access to the entire public Twitter feed.  Nice interface!  Try out the beta of Bing Twitter search (sorry, only in the US, for now). Find more info on this Bing...

If you're going to the Professional Developers' Conference, or even if you're not but plan to be in LA on November 16, sign up for the free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp .  You have to register to attend, and space is limited.  It's a great...

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.  Read these other posts to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 or to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK Update for...

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack1, some CRT files will revert  back to RTM version.  ( See this post for more information about this issue ) This...

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of any post-RTM Visual Studio update (such as a Service Pack or Feature Pack), some CRT  files will be reverted  back to RTM version.  Cause...

The newly released Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 contains a comprehensive set of Win32 samples illustrating Windows 7 technologies.  (An upcoming article will talk about the managed code samples.) Over 1,200 samples were changed...

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was posted to the Microsoft Download Center today, 8/6/09. The SDK is available for download in both ISO and Web Setup format. Web setup allows you to install only the SDK components...

Windows 7 is coming on October 22, 2009. Pre-order Windows 7 today at the Microsoft Store . You'll get it for at least half off and be one of the first to get it. Pre-order a Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49 or a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for...

If you thought the VistaBridge was a cool idea, you're really going to love the next evolution.   Windows 7 has some great new features that will really shine in your managed application, and the Windows SDK team has been working on a way to...

The WSDAPI StockQuote and FileService samples that ship in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 may fail to build on the command line (using msbuild) if Visual Studio 2008 is installed. These samples include project files that reference WSDL and XSD files, and...

Installing the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM can disable the X64 and Itanium configuration platform choices in Visual Studio. If the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM are installed on a machine running an x64...

This article applies to 2 samples in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.  The WSDAPI StockQuote and FileService samples may fail to build on the command line (using msbuild) if Visual Studio 2008 is installed. These samples...

Issue : Installing the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 after Visual Studio 2008 Standard on a computer with an X64 operating system corrupts VC directories, causing a double X64 entry.  This post applies to the Windows SDK for Server 2008 only...

Wondering how to use the new Windows 7 SDK with Visual Studio 2010 Beta1? The Windows 7 SDK Beta version of the Windows headers, libraries and Win32 tools ships with Visual Studio 2010 Beta1, but you'd probably prefer to work with the RC release of the...

This post applies to the RC release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 . Scenario : if VS2008 or another Windows SDK is installed, MSBuild and/or VCBuild may default to the headers, libs and tools of the older SDK.  ...

This post applies to the RC release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 . Issue : When launching Windows SDK Documentation for the first time, you may see the Microsoft Document Explorer error message: The Application Data folder...

The Windows SDK for Win 7 & .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, RC version is available on the Microsoft Download Center in both ISO and Web Setup formats.  You have two options when installing the SDK: the Web Setup or the ISO install. Running the Web setup...

Win 7 SDK with VC++ 2005: Failure to compile in Debug mode If you are getting weird Linking errors when using the Windows SDK for Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2005, you may need to install a patch.  If your usage scenario matches the one listed below...

It can be a bit tricky to use the DirectX SDK, the Windows SDK, and Visual Studio 2008. If you're building an application in the Windows SDK command line build environment or in Visual Studio2008 IDE, you should ensure that the DirectX SDK include, library...

This workaround applies to the Windows SDK for Windows 7 (currently released as a beta).  If your usage scenario matches the one listed below, you will be unable to debug in the Windows SDK command line build environment or Visual Studio 2005 SP1...