“Device Not Functioning” Exception on Invalid PrimaryLanguageOverride Value in Windows Store Apps

Oh, what a title for a post. The correct title is “‘A device attached to the system is not functioning. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007001F)’ Exception Occurs When Showing A TextBox and ApplicationLanguages.PrimaryLanguageOverride Is Set To An Invalid Value in Windows Store Apps on Windows 8.1“. Symptom Building the Factory Commander, …

Factory Commander Updated to Ver. 1.1.0.6

The Factory Commander was updated: Ver. 1.1.0.6: Fixed item #324 – app crashes when clicking the rename button and then a different item while renaming an item Ver. 1.1.0.5: Fixed item #322 – app might crash when renaming / copying / moving single item on machines with US region settings; …

Use Publicize.exe to Create Private Accessors for Visual Studio 2012+

Preface Starting with Visual Studio 2012, private accessors cannot be created any more by the IDE. The post Home-made Private Accessor for Visual Studio 2012+ presents an approach on how to create private accessors using the class Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.PrivateObject. Axel Mayer noted in the MSDN forums post How to create private …