Windows Programming

I have gotten past my second book but I have noticed that they don't deal to much in windows programming. I have ran several searches on google to try to find tutorials on windows programming with no luck. Most of the links are to areas that are not beginner and if they say beginner its not for programming for windows specifically. Could some one please direct me to some good sites for tutorials on this subject please.

In addition I am not being lazy but I cant find a single book that goes through actual windows applications, console apps yes but not Windows programs, now I can find them on how to make games but I need to know the basics like making a window and exception handling before I can worry about more complicated stuff like that, and all the sites I found are junk like the Microsoft website, well ill just say you pretty much have to be a developer to understand that. =(

What specifically are you looking for? Graphics, basic API?

Here's some basic API stuff to get you started....
http://www.scorpioncity.com/djdirectxtut.html
http://members.net-tech.com.au/alaneb/win32.html
http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/xlib-programming/xlib-programming.html

Well, Bcon I am basically wanting to find something that explains the basics and the fundamentals of windows programming. I have a book that explains the basics of C++ but it doesn't go into much details on windows application. As I'm sure you know there is a little different syntax involved in a Windows program rather than a console app.

So to answer your question, I am just looking for something to explain the basic syntax for Windows commands just to get me started and to help me understand this a little better, I have a book coming in the mail that is suppose to help with the rest of more advanced windows applications.

Thanks for your time Bcon, it is much appreciated

By the way the second site your gave me is the closets of what I needed, and the rest of them are definitely going to be a help that's for sure. =)