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This tutorial attempts to get you started developing with the Win32 API as quickly and clearly as possible. Please read it from beginning to end before asking questions... most of them will probably be answered. Each section builds on the sections before it. I have also added some solutions to common errors in Appendix A. If you ask me a question that is answered on this page, you will look very silly. If you expect anyone online to treat you with respect while you are learning, you NEED to get a good book to learn from. We're here to provide direction and explain things that need explaining, not to be your librarian or teach you step by step.

This tutorial provides a complete Win32 programming which is used for the Windows system programming. It is advanced Windows system or kernel programming that covers file system, services, process, thread, share, group, DLL, registry and many more. Win32 programming tutorial is implementation specific to Windows operating system, that is for 32 bit Windows operating system family. Now we already have the 64 bit Windows Operating System such as, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. However the fundamentals in system programming not much change, the general principle and concept still retained. Based on the MSDN documentation but re-arranged in a readable and understandable sequence, avoiding a lot of cross references, this tutorial tries to investigate the Windows 2000 (NT5) family system through Win32 C programming.

This page will allow you to browse my Windows programming tutorials. Rather than try to be a general tutorial covering everything, (there are many of those already), I have produced tutorials on specific topics, for the most, topics that have come up on one or more of the help forums I contribute too, and I have not had a ready link to offer the questioner. The tutorials use the Win32 API routines, i.e. not a class library such as MFC or VCL. I don't know how many will be here when you read this! On my old site, there were 18 tutorials. I am re-doing most of them as they were a bit old, and will add them one by one as they are ready. Of course, there are always new topics cropping up, so once I have converted the old ones, I will start some new ones.