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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 6:39 PM

How it works: Windows SDK Documentation Part 2

Many Windows SDK users have questions about the system behind the documentation provided with the SDK. Part 1 of this series explained the basic structure behind the Windows SDK help system. It also looked at how ms-help:// URLs can be used to learn about
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:03 PM

How it works: Windows SDK Documentation (Part 1)

Introduction Many Windows SDK users have questions about the system behind the documentation provided with the SDK. Here is the first in a series of posts explaining how this system works and how to customize it. This post provides an overview of the
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:47 PM

Windows SDK Hidden Gems Part 3: TcpAnalyzer.exe and Consume.exe

I’ve been writing about some of the useful but sometimes overlooked tools in the Windows Software Development Kit for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 . For this installment, let’s have look at couple of tools that are related in that they are both
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Monday, June 30, 2008 11:20 PM

WinSDK bug notification: SDK Config Tool appears to work but fails

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , when used with Visual Studio 2008 (all versions). This post describes a problem with the GUI version of the Windows SDK Configuration Tool , which is used to set
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Friday, March 07, 2008 11:30 PM

Workaround: SDK build env fails on X86 XP with VS2005

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 . Problem: If your usage scenario matches the one listed below , you will be unable to build in the Windows SDK command line build environment. If you type cl.exe in
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Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:29 AM

Integrating Windows SDK and VS with new SDK Configuration tool

This article describes the use of the Windows SDK Configuration tool, which is included in the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 and works with Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008, including Visual Studio 2008 Express SKUs.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 7:55 PM

Workaround: Installing Win SDK after VS2008 breaks XAML Intellisense

Several VS 2008 and Windows SDK users have reported that Intellisense stops working for XAML projects after installing the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 . The Windows SDK Team and the Visual Studio 2008 team has been able
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Friday, February 22, 2008 5:50 AM

Using Visual C++ 2008 Express with the Windows SDK (short version)

This article describes what you need to do to build Win32 applications using Visual C++ Express and the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 . A more detailed explanation including screenshots can be found here . With the Visual
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Friday, February 22, 2008 5:24 AM

Using Visual C++ 2008 Express with the Windows SDK (detailed version)

This article describes what you need to do to build Win32 applications using Visual C++ Express and the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. A shortened, quick-start version of this article (without screenshots) can be found here
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:03 AM

How-to: Find API References Alphabetically

Did you know that you can search for APIs alphabetically in the Windows SDK Documentation? You can search the online SDK Documents on MSDN . The alphabetical API listing is named “Platform Information” topic. It’s a handy way to find that API reference
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Friday, January 11, 2008 2:05 AM

How to: build from the Windows SDK command line

This “How-to” applies to the Windows SDK for Vista, the SDK Update for Vista, and the SDK for Server 2008. (In order to build the samples in the SDK build environment or in Visual Studio 2008, the Win32 samples project files must be upgraded. This is
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