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Windows 10 app DPI

Posted on February 20, 2021 by XLGeek

I received at least one comment from the user that said that WinForms app had weird font sizes. This is likely caused by the DPI issues when text size is set to large in the OS settings and screen resolution … Continue reading →

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Telemetry: crashes coming from Korean market seem to be caused by Wowsoft products

Posted on October 20, 2019 by XLGeek

October 2019 XLStyles Tool telemetry analysis: crashes coming from Korean market seem to be caused by Wowsoft products. Continue reading →

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ImageShrinker updated in response to OneDrive restrictions

Posted on February 12, 2017 by XLGeek

I received an e-mail notifying me that my OneDrive quota got reduced. I use OneDrive to securely distribute non-Microsoft store apps from this blog. It was time to do two things: 1) Complain to get the storage back. It is pretty … Continue reading →

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Windows store app shows: “End of Central Directory record could not be found”

Posted on November 11, 2016 by XLGeek

I’ve seen a couple of crashes captured in the windows app store telemetry over past couple years. No one has reported exact repro steps or provided even a slightest hint in the comments yet that may point to the root … Continue reading →

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2015 in review

Posted on January 7, 2016 by XLGeek

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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XLStyles Tool store app works great on latest Windows 10 build 9926

Posted on January 23, 2015 by XLGeek

I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview today and went through all XLStyles Tool usage paths. All issues that came up in the previous build have been fixed (e.g., file picker started working as expected, cancelling file open action no longer … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on December 29, 2014 by XLGeek

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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MS Switch to OneDrive from SkyDrive Caused Download Disruptions

Posted on February 19, 2014 by XLGeek

If you tried to download any of my apps in the last couple of days you may have received an error message for some older links that the service was temporarily unavailable. This happened because Microsoft was in the middle … Continue reading →

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2013 in review

Posted on December 30, 2013 by XLGeek

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 150,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by XLGeek

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 87,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading →

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