Paraffin 3.7 – Support for WiX 4.0
After a couple of requests, I added WiX 4.0 support to my Paraffin project, the file harvester, which makes maintaining installer projects a lot easier. As part of this update, I moved […]
New WintellectPowerShell Version with Visual Studio 2017 Support
We have a new version of Visual Studio coming soon so I did the work to update my WintellectPowerShell module to support it. And, what a huge adventure that turned […]
Get Function Keys By Default with Parallels and a MacBook Pro Touch Bar
Having purchased a 15 inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar recently, I’ve been having a good time seeing how that Touch Bar can be used. With applications that know about […]
FastFileFinder Now 30 Percent Faster—How Fast Can You Make It?
A while ago I whipped up a small utility to search for filenames at the command line. I noticed recently that it did not handle long filenames over 260 (MAX_PATH) […]
WintellectPowerShell Now on the PowerShell Gallery
Getting and installing modules is easier than ever with the PowerShell Gallery and PowerShellGet. Instead of downloading and extracting files into your PowerShell modules directory, a simple call to Install-Module […]
Fixing MacBook Pro Windows 10 In Place Upgrade Issues
On my production machine, my Apple MacBook Pro, I did an in place upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I ran into a couple of bumps and got them […]
Turn off the Attach Security Warning Dialog in Visual Studio
How many clicks has this dialog eaten out of your life? The idea for the warning is good because, you know, SECURITY. However, if you’re developing web apps or anything […]
Automating Analyzing Tons of Minidump Files with WinDBG and PowerShell
When debugging a nasty problem in your code, one of the most helpful things you can get is a minidump. With that picture of what your app was doing at […]
Wintellect.Analyzers for VS 2015 RC and Fixing Analyzer Install Problems with the Default Template Projects
Now that Visual Studio 2015 RC is fresh off the build machines and available for everyone, I’ve updated my Wintellect.Analyzers project (http://johnr.us/1bEO4h8) with full RC support. Go forth and add […]