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  1. Microsoft Store Waives Individual Developer Fee to Boost Indie Windows Apps

    Microsoft's decision to remove the registration fee for individual developers publishing to the Microsoft Store is more than a pricing change — it's a clear signal that the company intends to make the Store a lower-friction, broader distribution channel for independent Windows software creators...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Bing Copilot Search: Floating Box and Keyword Prompts Reshape Discovery

    Microsoft quietly expanded the Bing interface this summer by adding keyword suggestions adjacent to a floating Copilot search box, a small-looking tweak with outsized implications for how users discover, refine, and are nudged toward conversational search—an experiment first surfaced by industry...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  3. Extending the Context Menu and Share Dialog in Windows 11

    Windows 11 brings refinement to contextual file operations in the right-click context menu and share dialog. These are extensible by apps, including unpackaged Win32 apps. The context menu is one of the most popular and useful shell extensions. If you are already in File Explorer or on the...
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    Windows 10 Bluetooth does not work anymore on Windows 10

    Hello, After I formatted Windows 10 a few months ago Bluetooth devices no longer work on my computer. Whenever I try to add a Bluetooth device (in Settings -> Bluetooth and other devices -> Add a device), the following window which is supposed to show discoverable devices, does not show any...
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  5. Opening the Windows 10 Store for Developers

    Link Removed available to customers in over 190 markets and providing developers the tools they need to submit Universal Windows Platform apps and games to a single unified Windows Store. The Windows 10 Store is the first app store in the industry designed to provide a single platform for...
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    Windows 7 Laptop can't see other computers in network

    I have a home network that has been set up on a modem with internal router for ethernet ports and wifi. When computers connected to the modem via ethernet cables, they can easily discover each other through the 'network' icon. But when I connect my laptop to the network's wifi, only the desktop...
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    • computer connection issues desktop discoverability error ethernet file sharing firewall home network internal laptop modem network network path ping router settings troubleshooting wifi
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Bluetooth will not discover devices

    I upgraded my Dell Dimension 4600 to Windows 7 (clean install on new hard drive). At first everything worked perfectly. At some point, there was an update installed that included an updated Bluetooth Driver. Now, everything works except for my Windows Keyboard and Mouse Elite for...
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware