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Overview Web-to-app linking allows you to drive user engagement by associating your app with a website. When users open a link to your website, instead of opening the browser, your app is launched. If your app is not installed, your website is opened in the browser as usual. By implementing...

Editor’s note: This is part two in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest page, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB. In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k...

Using the theme UI.X........when answering post or creating a new post, like this one, the new post tab is missing. It would be nice to have...as it stands now, one has to go back to the forums main page and then select the new post tab.

Hi Because I'm having problems with Chrome I'm trying to use the Edge browser. What I'm having problems with is the Favorites bar. I've figured out how to save something to it, (awkward and not what you would expect) but once it's on there how do move it to the position I want and delete the...

There are plenty of well-designed apps out there. Often what distinguishes a great Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app from a good one is the small touches, like animations and audio cues. This post will provide guidance on some of the subtle nuances that can help you take your app to the next...

One thing that really annoys me is a bunch of items in the Windows Start Menu that I don't use or don't work. I tend to throw such items in a "General" folder and forget about them. However, some systemapps have entries in the start menu that seem to be hardwired - Connect Cortana Microsoft...

In the past several posts, we have covered user interface (UI) design concepts such as typography, visual cues, and design thinking. In today’s blog, however, we will look at a topic that has much less to do with solving UI design problems and much more to do with solving user experience (UX)...

***SOLVED*** 7tutorials just posted a quick start guide on "How to quick ly find any setting in the Windows 10 Settings app." Article's link: How to quickly find any setting in the Settings app from Windows 10

There is a very deeply buried setting that allows you to turn the default vibration setting off for the navigation keys on Windows 10 Mobile devices. read more Continue reading...

I have been having a problem with my main PC not loading google chrome periodically. I have tried to fix this by re installing chrome, however, it then got stuck not opening the uninstaller for chrome. I have then restarted it a couple of times, each time trying to uninstall chrome. It then...

Hi The map app, is showing the wrong street address for my home location, but I can't find anyplace to edit the information and correct it. It was correct at one time but it has changed to what Cortana thinks it my address instead of the other way around. Anyone know how to change it? Mike

Hi Here's another example of why I hate apps! I decided to try the 7Zip Opener app, I always use 7-Zip anyway and maybe the app will make it easy to use. It's very easy to start with. So I install the app, (now with the normal desktop version of 7-Zip you just right click on the .zip or .rar...

Hello. I'm new to posting / Threading or however you call it. This is a strange thing that happened to me. I downloaded Windows 10. Because I made a reservation. But I don't like Windows 10, because I can't open some programs, or they don't work. So, I looked up how to downgrade to my older...

We're back with a Theme Week, this time focusing on... wait for it... Windows 10 (Okay, I had a number of Win10 posts in the queue, so thought this a good means to get them out. :) Visual Studio Project Templates are great tools to help you kick off a new project quickly. They can help scaffold...

Designing an app isn’t about patterns or controls—it’s about creating a great experience for your users, every time. While you’re designing with the optimal user experience (UX) in mind, you also have to think about using color effectively, implementing usable controls, and understanding what...

Seems like with every Windows release, there's a set of sample apps that wrap the browser, showing you how you can add your own chrome (as in UI) to it, adding features and behaviors, creating your own web browser. Windows 10 is no different. Then again it is, because this time around, it's...

Using shell commands in Windows 10, you can navigate directly to specific settings pages. read more Continue reading...

This blog was written by Rinku Sreedhar, Senior Program Manager In Windows 10, we are very excited to introduce several APIs for contextual sensing that can help you build apps to improve your customers’ daily lives. These include apps that detect presence when customers approach their devices...

Windows location wrong and cannot move it to correct location. Will not allow Cortana or Maps app to see my correct location. Used to be able to inter postal code or later move you pin to correct location.

Hi I have Windows 8 restored to my new SSD. Seems to be working except for one strange problem. Anything that should open on the desktop opens in the taskbar and I can't expand it. For example if I click the IE icon on the taskbar it opens on the taskbar, but I can't make it any bigger...