application deployment

  1. Identity, Registration and Activation of Non-packaged Win32 Apps

    Many new and sought-after Windows APIs and features such as BackgroundTasks, Notifications, LiveTiles, Share and more, are either not available or not easily callable from non-packaged Win32 applications. This is due to the programming model for UWP APIs that integrate with the system and have a...
  2. Apps built using the Desktop Bridge now available in the Windows Store!

    A few months ago, during Build 2016, we announced the Desktop Bridge, enabling developers to bring their existing desktop apps and games over to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) by converting their app or game with the Desktop App Converter and then enhancing and extending it with UWP...
  3. Just released: Windows 10 Application Deployment tool

    With the latest release of Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 10166, we are excited to introduce the Windows 10 Application Deployment (WinAppDeployCmd.exe) tool. The Windows 10 Application Deployment (WinAppDeployCmd) is a command line utility that can be utilized to deploy a Universal Windows app...
  4. "HTTP Error 401.1" error message when Msiexec.exe updates an MSI file in Windows Vista, in Windows 7

    Fixes an issue in which you receive an "HTTP Error 401.1 error message." This issue occurs when you use System Center Configuration Manager 2012 to deploy an application on a client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008,... More...