In FBSL (Free Basic programming language) forum I found mentioned a very interesting web site about WIN programming with very detailed and well documented snippets and tutorials: http://www.catch22.net/
Source code is in C/C++ but very understandable, especially tutorial part.
Eros
Thanks for that link Eros. I think I'll start frequenting that site. It does look good and it sounds like the man who runs it operates about like me with C++, i.e., no bloatware. It has been my belief for quite a while that C++ is an excellent language. The problems come in with the horrid class frameworks people immediately gravitate to when they do Windows programming with it.