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The app configuration tag on WindowsForum.com covers topics related to configuring applications and system settings in Windows. Discussions include the transition from the legacy Control Panel to the modern Settings app in Windows 11, where users may find familiar options relocated or missing. Other threads address configuring default programs in Windows 10, including the removal of the 'choose from disc' option and limitations on selecting default apps. Developer-focused content explores configuring Universal Windows Apps to start at log-in, battery awareness and background activity management, and using GitHub Copilot for Azure in Visual Studio 2022 to configure Azure resources. These threads reflect ongoing changes in how users and developers manage app and system configuration in Windows.
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    GitHub Copilot for Azure in Visual Studio 2022: Zero-Setup MCP Agent Mode

    Microsoft has quietly extended Copilot’s reach deeper into the Azure developer workflow by launching a public preview of the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension for Visual Studio 2022, bringing a curated set of Azure tools—exposed via an Azure Model Context Protocol (MCP) server—directly into...
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    Transitioning from Control Panel to Configuration App in Windows 11

    The familiar Control Panel is slowly but surely fading into the background as Microsoft pushes forward with a modern, unified configuration app in Windows 11. If you’ve been noticing that some of your old Control Panel options are mysteriously missing, rest assured: these changes are not an...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 10 How to retrieve "choose from disc" option in windows default programs - windows 10?

    Hi. I wanted to change default mail program to Thunderbird. I went to settings > default programs and then when I clicked Mail app the only option I got was to choose from some web browsers and... "SEARCH IN MICROSOFT STORE". There was no option to choose an app from my disc. What worse the same...
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    • access issues app configuration application settings configuration techniques default programs desktop apps email client file types help request installation microsoft store settings software limitations thunderbird user experience user freedom windows 10 windows settings workaround
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month (NCSAM) and it couldn’t be more timely. Vulnerability to online threats is literally top of mind for everybody. In a Link Removed, 90% of respondents (yes, you read that right) indicated that phishing attacks have impacted their organizations...
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    Configure your app to start at log-in

    For a long time, desktop PC users have been able to configure Win32 apps to start at startup or user log-in. This has also been possible for Desktop Bridge apps since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (v10.0.14393.0). We’ve now extended this feature to allow regular Universal Windows Apps to...
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    Battery awareness and background activity

    The Windows platform targets all kinds of devices: desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, HoloLens, IoT and Xbox. As a developer you want your users to have a great user experience with your app across the entire breadth of devices it is available on. Each of these devices has unique capabilities...
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