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Finding Out What Changed in a Cumulative Update

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Over the last several years, Microsoft has been putting less and less effort into Cumulative Update documentation. We used to get full-blown knowledge base articles about fixes, but these days, we get a collection of footnotes with deceiving hyperlinks that look like they’re going to lead to more information – but they simply lead back to themselves.

2025-03-31

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Getting the TEXTSIZE

How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:

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But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this?

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