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The evolution of menu templates: 32-bit extended menus

The culmination of the evolving series.
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The evolution of menu templates: 16-bit extended menus

The short form of the long form.
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Why does the "Install Font" dialog look so old-school?

Because changing it would take work, and nobody installs fonts that way any more.
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The evolution of menu templates: 32-bit classic menus

Bringing 16-bit classic menus into the 32-bit world.
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What's the deal with that alternate form for menu item template separators?

For compatibility with an older version of the menu APIs.
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The evolution of menu templates: 16-bit classic menus

The start of something big.
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The evolution of menu templates: Introduction

From the beginning.
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Why is the LOADPARMS32 structure so messed up?

It goes back to CP/M.
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Why are some GDI functions named ExtXxx instead of XxxEx?

They were named before the Ex convention was established.
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Why is the function SHStripMneumonic misspelled?

It was originally an internal function.
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The Big Red Switch really was big and red

On the original IBM PC
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Why do atoms start at 0xC000?

An artifact of the 16-bit implementation.
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