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New blog post: Unable to get running user's MyDocuments folder due to security interference jiangsheng.net/build/html/b...
Unable to get running user’s MyDocuments folder due to security interference — jiangsheng's docs
this blog post describes a security problem I encountered while trying to retrieve the running user's MyDocuments folder. :keywords: Windows Security
jiangsheng.net
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
New blog post: Unable to get running user's MyDocuments folder due to security interference jiangsheng.net/build/html/b...
mildly infuriating from Sphinx:
.. code-block:: C++
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
}
Becomes
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args) {
}
.. code-block:: C++
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
}
Becomes
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args) {
}
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
mildly infuriating from Sphinx:
.. code-block:: C++
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
}
Becomes
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args) {
}
.. code-block:: C++
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
}
Becomes
[STAThreadAttribute]
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args) {
}
New blog post: Unwanted Horizontal scrollbar from Javascript DataTable jiangsheng.net/build/html/b...
Unwanted Horizontal scrollbar from Javascript DataTable — jiangsheng's docs
this blog post describes a problem I fixed while using the Javascript DataTable component.
jiangsheng.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New blog post: Unwanted Horizontal scrollbar from Javascript DataTable jiangsheng.net/build/html/b...
Can't believe WinUI3 still throws exception when debugging a template created blank project.
September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Can't believe WinUI3 still throws exception when debugging a template created blank project.
My wife is studying English, and I have some old videos that I think may interest her. But after watching she complained that she cannot see duo subtitle tracks like those in Hong Kong movies. So here you go bhttps://github.com/jiangsheng/MP4SubtitleMerger
GitHub - jiangsheng/MP4SubtitleMerger: This Windows program extracts subtitles tracks from video files and optionaly adds a dual language subtitle created from combining subtitle tracks of two selecte...
This Windows program extracts subtitles tracks from video files and optionaly adds a dual language subtitle created from combining subtitle tracks of two selected languages back to the original fil...
github.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My wife is studying English, and I have some old videos that I think may interest her. But after watching she complained that she cannot see duo subtitle tracks like those in Hong Kong movies. So here you go bhttps://github.com/jiangsheng/MP4SubtitleMerger
Phone companies should implement something like DMARC to avoid number spoofing...
June 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Phone companies should implement something like DMARC to avoid number spoofing...
This server couldn't prove that it's hotmail.com; its security certificate is from *.azureedge.net. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
hotmail.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This server couldn't prove that it's hotmail.com; its security certificate is from *.azureedge.net. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
Google thinks my blog about a Windows Error is a 404 page and refuses to index it...
May 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Google thinks my blog about a Windows Error is a 404 page and refuses to index it...
noticed my GitHub pages hasn’t been synced with GitHub for a year then found a _config.yml error in actions.
February 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
noticed my GitHub pages hasn’t been synced with GitHub for a year then found a _config.yml error in actions.
Game Manual: NOTE: Please have a copy/printout of your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and system details when contacting us. Please also have a copy of your system’s memory details –This can be obtained by typing MEM the MS-DOS prompt.
January 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Game Manual: NOTE: Please have a copy/printout of your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and system details when contacting us. Please also have a copy of your system’s memory details –This can be obtained by typing MEM the MS-DOS prompt.
Every Apple dev can inspect web traffic to figure out what is the reason behind "An error has occurred. Try again later.", right? Right? {
"errors" : [ {
...
"code" : "ENTITY_ERROR.ATTRIBUTE.INVALID.TOO_LONG",
...
"source" : {
"pointer" : "nickname"
}
} ]
}
"errors" : [ {
...
"code" : "ENTITY_ERROR.ATTRIBUTE.INVALID.TOO_LONG",
...
"source" : {
"pointer" : "nickname"
}
} ]
}
January 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Every Apple dev can inspect web traffic to figure out what is the reason behind "An error has occurred. Try again later.", right? Right? {
"errors" : [ {
...
"code" : "ENTITY_ERROR.ATTRIBUTE.INVALID.TOO_LONG",
...
"source" : {
"pointer" : "nickname"
}
} ]
}
"errors" : [ {
...
"code" : "ENTITY_ERROR.ATTRIBUTE.INVALID.TOO_LONG",
...
"source" : {
"pointer" : "nickname"
}
} ]
}
Me: Searching Chang Hsueh-liang (in Chinese) on Bing
Bing: Chang is a fake General, a fake hero, and a fake Christian.
hmm what? Bing think the words of a Chinese Alex Jones but without the fame outweighs the words of Chiang Kai-shek or Mao Zedong?
Bing: Chang is a fake General, a fake hero, and a fake Christian.
hmm what? Bing think the words of a Chinese Alex Jones but without the fame outweighs the words of Chiang Kai-shek or Mao Zedong?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Me: Searching Chang Hsueh-liang (in Chinese) on Bing
Bing: Chang is a fake General, a fake hero, and a fake Christian.
hmm what? Bing think the words of a Chinese Alex Jones but without the fame outweighs the words of Chiang Kai-shek or Mao Zedong?
Bing: Chang is a fake General, a fake hero, and a fake Christian.
hmm what? Bing think the words of a Chinese Alex Jones but without the fame outweighs the words of Chiang Kai-shek or Mao Zedong?
Looks like I am the last subscriber of MSDN Forum RSS Feeds at Inoreader. Hello Sheng, This email is to notify you that you are the only subscriber to the feeds listed below. To conserve server resources...
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Looks like I am the last subscriber of MSDN Forum RSS Feeds at Inoreader. Hello Sheng, This email is to notify you that you are the only subscriber to the feeds listed below. To conserve server resources...
running an old version of Application Compatibility Toolket and Program Compatibility Assistant tells me it can't run the app...
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
running an old version of Application Compatibility Toolket and Program Compatibility Assistant tells me it can't run the app...
Your Dropbox storage is reaching maximum capacity. Adding one more file could fill up your account... Then I checked my account, it is still at 4GB/5GB as it always has been. Why Dropbox suddenly think the account is almost full now but not in the past decade?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Your Dropbox storage is reaching maximum capacity. Adding one more file could fill up your account... Then I checked my account, it is still at 4GB/5GB as it always has been. Why Dropbox suddenly think the account is almost full now but not in the past decade?
Wifi died on my Surface 2 from the 2013 MVP summit. USB Ethnet works after forcing a driver on it (PNP did not work). But then carrying it outside becomes pointless ...
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Wifi died on my Surface 2 from the 2013 MVP summit. USB Ethnet works after forcing a driver on it (PNP did not work). But then carrying it outside becomes pointless ...
Having a machine regularly running out of memory (RAMMAP shows memory map leak). The machine is surprisingly stable, I guess there are a lot of code checking for memory allocation failure like new (std::nothrow)+nullptr check;
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Having a machine regularly running out of memory (RAMMAP shows memory map leak). The machine is surprisingly stable, I guess there are a lot of code checking for memory allocation failure like new (std::nothrow)+nullptr check;
Windows Feedback Hub asks me if my device is being used for software development. Like a normal user will install that many versions of Visual Studio and various SDKs
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Windows Feedback Hub asks me if my device is being used for software development. Like a normal user will install that many versions of Visual Studio and various SDKs
someone tried to hijack ?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
someone tried to hijack ?
"derivative" in Excel Solver used to be translated to Chinese correctly as 导数 (a math concept) in older versions of Microsoft Office, somehow it got translated to 派生 (an object-oriented programming concept) now.
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
"derivative" in Excel Solver used to be translated to Chinese correctly as 导数 (a math concept) in older versions of Microsoft Office, somehow it got translated to 派生 (an object-oriented programming concept) now.
Why Microsoft autoplays video on Edge's new tab page by default? Do they not remote into office machines themselves?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Why Microsoft autoplays video on Edge's new tab page by default? Do they not remote into office machines themselves?
Some web site is spamming me using a legit company's feedback form that responds to whatever return address entered on the form....
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Some web site is spamming me using a legit company's feedback form that responds to whatever return address entered on the form....
Optional... var msgs = messagesApi.Get(channelId, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 1);
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Optional... var msgs = messagesApi.Get(channelId, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 1);
nuget does not work while browsers do.... then realized i have Fiddler running.
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
nuget does not work while browsers do.... then realized i have Fiddler running.
don't really know what I did..
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to step. Unrecoverable API error.
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OK
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to step. Unrecoverable API error.
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OK
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November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
don't really know what I did..
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to step. Unrecoverable API error.
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OK
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to step. Unrecoverable API error.
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OK
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