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This blog is the latest in a recurring series about recent Store trends across categories, markets, and more. Understanding these trends can help you determine what types of apps to build or where to focus your development efforts. With the launch of the unified Dev Center in April, we released...

It's been a while since we've highlighted one of the cooler learning to program tools, so when I saw Rachel McCollin's recent post, Introduction to Scratch, I knew I had today's project. You've all heard of Scratch? Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own...

With summer coming to an end it's not too early to start queuing up projects for the kids, young and old, for Thanksgiving and Winter break. :) Phillip Trelford recently released a cool new library that is meant to help speed and simplify creating graphic apps and games. a library that is just...

Basically I'm trying to run a game from 2003 on windows 7. It used to work fine, but recently it's behaving very odd. The game will run, do its intro, then next will be the main menu screen. But instead it informs that the game has stopped working, tries to find a solution but fails. Anyone know...

So i came home after 1 month of vacation and i started up my desktop to play some csgo. I've had done some updates and even some browsing through the internet. Then after my last match on csgo i noticed that my skype isnt connecting, My steam cant load info or update my remaining games, and...

Hi everyone, I've been looking everywhere for a specific guide to block or disable default games (Minesweeper, Solitaire, etc) in windows XP Pro, but I want to know if I can do it from the Active Directory server which runs Windows Server 2003. I want to know if there is a way to do it from...

I have found that Windows App Store works fast enough than the before Windows 8.1 but also troubles by giving an bug as we migrate to games menu it automatically gets closed I tried doing this every time and gives the same bug ..... I've also done its video you can check it out in he below given...

A few of our favorite apps and games were updated recently, take a look below to see what’s new. Alaska Airlines update (Link Removed) Link Removed Link Removed Now fans of Alaska Airlines can book Preferred Plus Seats right from the app. They’re the seats you dream about – with more legroom...

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We’re here to keep you current on the latest updates to your favorite apps and games. This week we have a great list of the fun apps and top games, like Shazam and Monument Valley that have been updated just in time for the weekend! A group of Gameloft titles also got some updates, several of...

how do i solve my games minimizing to the desktop in windows 8.1

Hi I currently have Windows 8.1 and I have a issue with some updates that are required for the Windows 10 Upgrade. At the moment i can't install KB3035583 as it seems that I already it installed due to that I have the files when Microsoft releashed a update to upgrade to Windows 10 Technical...

Some games keep random crashing all the time. Its with all games i have i dont know why its happening

On windows that i have up, especially games, i get a very fast flickering or blinking, it briefly flashes to the desktop, some games when it flickers i was able to spot on the top menu bar 'not responding' for a split second. This only happens on google chrome when it gets really bad. This is...

Star Wars Day is recognized as a special day around the world each year on May the fourth. We’re helping you celebrate in a few exciting ways today, from deals on music and games to the full Star Wars Digital Movie Collection, we have you covered to help commemorate the day with your fellow Star...

For a while I've been unable to sign into games, and often they just close. I recently bought Spartan Strike and now it won't sign in, any help in remedying this would be appreciated.

Hi everyone, first post here, due to this problem I am having regarding appcrash on several programs, mostly games. I have tried researching this problem alone, but cant seem to find a solution. Here is an example of what i get every time i try to open the affected programs (the executable is...

Hey, guys! I just have a quick question. I have installed many games recently and most all of them have some version of the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages included. So, if I were to download all of the packages (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) and install them prior to installing any games...

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The Xbox Team has announced an update today to the Xbox app in Windows 10 that brings some new features and functionality: More ways to connect with your friends. Game Clips – You can now view the game clips you created on Xbox One and watch popular game clips from the Xbox Community...