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Ravi Bhavnani11-Mar-15 5:27
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Yesterday I was once again reminded that it's often easier to solve a problem if you remove yourself from your work environment, as that forces you to think in a clear and unbiased manner.

For the past couple of days I've been stymied by a code smell re: the need to include Interop.Shell32.dll with a custom installer I'm writing for one of my freeware apps.  The emphasis is on ease of use by a complete novice, and I wanted the user to be able to run a single standalone .exe that had no dependencies, other than the presence of .NET.  Anyway, I figured I'd come up with a solution (that honestly seemed hackish at best).

Last night, I walked to the kitchen to turn out the light and found myself (involuntarily) drawn to a container of chocolate icecream.  Several minutes and several more spoonfuls later, a ridiculously simple (and much more elegant) solution hit me.  All this while I was no nowhere near my PC or Google.

Moral of the story: eat more icecream.

/ravi
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