In Visual C++ a DWORD is just an unsigned long that is machine, platform, and SDK dependent. However, since DWORD is a double word (that is 2 * 16), is a DWORD still 32-bit on 64-bit architectures?...

How in C can we read and make DWORD variables with a low and high word and low and high byte?

When translating the Windows API (including data types) into P/Invoke, should I replace DWORD with int or uint? It's normally unsigned, but I see people using int everywhere instead (is it just be...

In assembly language if we use mov eax, dword ptr[ebx] then it means copy the value pointed by ebx (ebx contains the address value, not the actual value, this instruction copies the actual value...

Im making a program that sees if a subkey in Registry exist and, if it doesnt exist it will create a subkey with a value (dword). This program is being create to replace a .bat file that people (no...

a * x = b I have a seemingly rather complicated multiplication / imul problem: if I have a and I have b, how can I calculate x if they're all 32-bit dwords (e.g. 0-1 = FFFFFFFF, FFFFFFFF+1 = 0)? ...

I've noticed that DWord and QWord values when written to the Registry supposed to be Signed Integers, not Unsigned. This code will throw an exception if value is UInt64 or UInt32: registryKey.SetV...

I try to create an item using Set-ItemProperty in PowerShell, which works on most systems: New-PSDrive -name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCR:\Softwar...

Could someone explain what this means? (Intel Syntax, x86, Windows) and dword ptr [ebp-4], 0

summary I need to be able to find the DWORD value of a registry key and set a variable to it to run an if statement against it. how can i grab just the dword of a reg query so that i can work wit...

In going through some source code, I found a method in a C program that takes an arguments of the types WORD, DWORD, and PWORD. I know they translate to unsigned numbers, but why are they called WO...

I've created an installer with WiX and am trying to preserve an existing DWORD registry entry during a repair installation of my product. To store the existing values, I am using the following WiX ...

What function have short and large in this code portion? large is same as long dword? mov eax, ebx cmp [ebp+var_1], 0 jz short loc_413123 call sub_40341C pop large dword ptr fs:0 add esp, 0Ch

I am trying to understand why a DWORD value is often described in Hexadecimal on MSDN. The reason why I am analyzing this is because I am trying to understand fundamentally why all these different...

I have found these few lines of assembly in ollydbg: MOV ECX,DWORD PTR DS:[xxxxxxxx] ; xxxxxxxx is an address MOV EDX,DWORD PTR DS:[ECX] MOV EAX,DWORD PTR DS:[EDX+116] CALL EAX Could someone ste...

I'm not afraid to admit that I'm somewhat of a C++ newbie, so this might seem like a silly question but.... I see DWORD used all over the place in code examples. When I look up what a DWORD ...