Install Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7

The minimum requirements are based on the Express edition you’re attempting to install: Express for Web (Web sites and HTML5 applications) – Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10) Express for Windows (Windows 8 Apps) – Windows 8.1 Express for Windows Desktop (Windows Programs) – Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10) Express for Windows Phone (Windows … Read more

Change C# DllImport target code depending on x64/x86

This is primarily a deployment problem, just have your installer copy the right DLL based on the Windows version on the target machine. But nobody ever likes to do that. Dynamically pinvoking the correct DLL’s function is enormously painfully, you have to write delegate types for every exported function and use LoadLibrary + GetProcAddress + … Read more

Windows 7 timing functions – How to use GetSystemTimeAdjustment correctly?

The GetSystemTimeAsFileTimeAPI provides access to the system’s wall clock in file time format. A 64-bit FILETIME structure receives the system time as FILETIME in 100ns units, which have been expired since Jan 1, 1601. The call to GetSystemTimeAsFileTime typically requires 10 ns to 15 ns. In order to investigate the real accuracy of the system … Read more

Windows 7 – Add Path

I think you are editing something in the windows registry but that has no effect on the path. Try this: How to Add, Remove or Edit Environment variables in Windows 7 the variable of interest is the PATH also you can type on the command line: Set PATH=%PATH%;(your new path);