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External content on WindowsForum.com covers the identity, registration, and activation of non-packaged Win32 apps, focusing on how these apps can access Windows APIs like BackgroundTasks, Notifications, and LiveTiles. The discussion highlights the dependency on package identity and registration for UWP APIs, which are typically unavailable to non-packaged applications. This tag is relevant for developers working with Win32 apps who need to integrate modern Windows features without full packaging.
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...