What does LPCWSTR stand for and how should it be handled with?

LPCWSTR stands for “Long Pointer to Constant Wide String”. The W stands for Wide and means that the string is stored in a 2 byte character vs. the normal char. Common for any C/C++ code that has to deal with non-ASCII only strings.=

To get a normal C literal string to assign to a LPCWSTR, you need to prefix it with L

LPCWSTR a = L"TestWindow";

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