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    Windows 8 dvd player

    When I upgrade to Win 10, if I do, I am informed I will lose WMC but will have a dvd app from Windows. Is this app one that will play dvds like the WMVC did? I ask because I have various extensions with different discs and WMC played them all. I tried VLC but found it confusing. I guess my point...
  2. Extending Visual Studio 2015, VS SDK NuGet and the CPS

    Today we revisit the Visual Studio 2015 Extensibility story that was started covering in The Future of Visual Studio Extensions is Bright (and easier :), talking about more of the extension goodness that's available and then about the new Common Project System. First Heather Brown, Principal...
  3. A little more VSO and some Open Source JustDecompile

    We've got two things for you today... First, I wanted to highlight an outstanding post by Utkarsh Shigihalli. Last week I highlighted and Visual Studio extension by Utkarsh Shigihalli and Tarun Arora, Is Visual Studio Online Online? VSO Status Indicator Extension. Since then Utkarsh released...
  4. Windows 7 Adware removal?

    So i got back home from the beach from a school field trip this weekend and my nephew was home all day i let him use my computer and he tried downloading a game on my computer illegally but instead he got a bunch of adware and who knows what else this computer might hold now. There's adware in...
  5. Microsoft Edge: Building a safer browser

    With Microsoft Edge, we want to fundamentally improve security over existing browsers and enable users to confidently experience the web from Windows. We have designed Microsoft Edge to defend users from increasingly sophisticated and prevalent attacks. This post covers some of the advanced...
  6. Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Extensions for Project Server 2015 RC

    Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Extensions for Project Server 2015 RC enables integration between Team Foundation Server and Project Server. These extensions are similar to the SharePoint Extensions for Team Foundation Server 2013 and need to be installed on all of the front end servers in...
  7. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 RC SDK

    The Visual Studio 2015 RC SDK includes project templates, tools, tests, and reference assemblies that are required to build extensions for Visual Studio 2015 RC. Link Removed
  8. Modeling SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 RC

    The Modeling SDK for Visual Studio 2015 RC contains Domain Specific Languages (DSL Tools) and the Architecture Tools SDK for Visual Studio 2015 RC. This SDK provides tools and templates for building Domain Specific Language designers and extending UML. You can build your own graphical or...
  9. Kinect 2 Unity 5

    Kinect and Unity, Peanut Butter and Chocolate (or you'd think so, given how often we cover them here... ;). Now Link Removed has put together something just a yummy with his Unity 5 and Kinect 2 tutorial... Unity 5 and Kinect 2 Integration Link Removed Until just this month one of the best...
  10. Visual Studio Extension that helps you create Visual Studio Extensions

    Mads Kristensen is back, today with a VS Extension that will help VS Extension builders build Extensions. That is so meta I had to highlight, even through it's currently at v0.2 (might be at 0.3, 0.4 by the time you read this... :) Speaking of Mads, are are few other recent times we've...
  11. Kinect to Small Basic

    I cheating a little... Yesterday I highlighting this project in the Kinect Gallery, but since this news ties in so well with last week's blog post, I'm going to highlight here too. And can you really have enough Small Basic and Kinect news? :) Kinect for Small Basic System Requirements 1...
  12. Small Basic gets Kinect

    It's not often we get a new development environment that gets Kinect Dev support, so when we do, and when it's focused on getting to coding quickly, well we have to highlight it! Kinect for Small Basic 1, Download Small Basic 1.1 Link Removed 2. Download the Kinect for Small Basic installer...
  13. Small Basic Gets a Not So Small Update... v1.1

    My name is Greg and I learned programing using Basic and you know what, I'm damn proud of it! :) Seems like Basic has always been a favorite whipping boy, yet in my mind, if it helps one person see beyond the keyboard and screen, to help them see that they are not application captives, that...
  14. Coding4Fun First Quarter 2015 Round-Up

    I look back on this past quarter and kind of say, "wow." So much has been released, there was so much news that even with this round-up, it's hard to grok it all. Then I try to imagine what the NEXT quarterly round-up, post BUILD/Ignite, will look like [Brain Explodes]... Coding4Fun Blog...
  15. GitFlow for Visual Studio

    I know, I know... I've been highlighting a number of Git related extensions recently. And I know all of YOU are using Git already (just like I am... um... errr.... um... kind of... yeah). Okay, fine, so I'm a Git noob. Right now Git continues to gain support, mindshare and seems to one of those...
  16. Building DPI Aware Visual Studio Extensions

    Are you build Visual Studio extensions? Will you do me a favor? Please consider your user's DPI. My primary machine runs at 3K (2880x1620) and since my eyes are old, the DPI is at 200%. If you're not running a High DPI machine you may be wondering what's the problem? If you are, like Scott...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 app files

    Can i download app files from other sites and microsoft app store for modern metro windows 8 OS without installing it directly from Windows app store before i install em? In what extension are they?
  18. Two more from Mads... Open Command Line and Farticus

    Today we're highlighting more Mads Visual Studio Extensions, one that's simple but could be one that you end up wonder where it's been all your dev life and another that's just fun (well boy humor fun) Here's a couple other recent times we've highlighted Mads' Extensions... Lots of VS...
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    Windows 7 Some folder attributes of one folder reset when logging in - Why?

    Sometimes (not every time) when I log into one account on my laptop (there are 3 accounts on the laptop), folder attributes ('show hidden files', 'hide extensions') get reset to their default values. I then need to change the settings (turn 'show hidden files' on, turn 'hide extensions' off)...
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    Windows 7 Strange Windows Disk Check

    I had a Windows error, and when I rebooted a disk check started. This has happened before, but I've never had anything that looked like this. After I logged in and started Chrome, all of my extensions were missing. Any advice/experience with something like this? Link Removed Link Removed...