I updated the downloadable source code zip file on http://winprog.org/tutorial/ for the first time in 10 years or more.

According to the internet archive, the tutorial is at least 23 years old.

I got an email recently from somebody saying they were working through the tutorial, but downloading the zip file kept failing, probably blocked by anti-virus.

It previously contained pre-built .exe files of the example code. A relic of The Old Days when we all just ran executables downloaded off some random website. :blobsmilehappyeyes:

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Windows doesn't have native support for HEIC files (iPhone native format) and the official way to enable it is to buy an extension from the Microsoft Store.

So instead of doing that I spent a day and wrote my own thumbnail handler.

Now I should probably write a photo viewer too, since the one I've been using has integrated a botnet as a revenue stream.

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