When you call Windows API function SetFileAttributes, it ignores FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED (0x800) and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED (0x4000) values passed as parameters. Most likely it is implemented in this way, because you can pass value from GetFileAttributes, FindFirstFile and FindNextFile without modifications to SetFileAttributes. This applies to Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, Windows Vista.
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STL breaks after installing Microsoft Security Advisory 973882
After installing through Microsoft Update Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) Could Allow Remote Code Execution STL broke with the following error: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\xutility(2764) : error C3861: ‘_Swap_adl’: identifier not found Most probably, this is caused by accidentally deleted the following function: template inline void _Swap_adl(_Ty& _Left, _Ty& _Right) { // …
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Batch script to test if folder / directory is empty
Yesterday I needed a Dos batch script to check if folder is empty. A little Google search revealed some methods: Using dir and find commands, does not work on non-english Windows versions: www.computing.net Using dir command with /a-d, does not work for folders: www.computing.net Using dir and findstr commands, does not work on non-english Windows …
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