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  1. The path from a desktop app to a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app

    Last month, we provided an overview of the Desktop Bridge in this blog post. We are excited to announce that since then we’ve released a new version of the desktop app converter, adding support for great new features and fixing several issues to provide a more stable environment. To learn more...
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    Windows 10 Volume Controls

    I have an issue that I hope someone can shed some light on, for me. I am creating a windows form application that I want to have backround music and sound effects incorporated into the program. I have the background music in my program, already, but, I want to add two sliders. I need the first...
  3. Using speech in your UWP apps: Look who’s talking

    In our first and second posts in this series, we looked at some of the APIs available in the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) for using speech as an input and output mechanism within your application. We’re going to close off the series with this article by broadening our scope and looking at...
  4. Hotfix rollup 3154522 for the .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.5.1, and 4.5 on Windows

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  5. Kickstart UWP app creation with Windows App Studio’s open source UWP libraries and Samples App

    Link Removed is all about making it as easy as possible to build apps for Windows. The online tool helps you build apps with no coding required, so you can either start your project there and extend it in Visual Studio, or you can create and build the app completely in the tool. Today, we want...
  6. Windows 7 Need know where to start and with what language for a standalone windows program

    I have an inventory spreadsheet that is excel based and written in with VBA that want to make a standalone executable. The spreadsheet uses userforms for input and then transfers the input data to a diaphragm/floor plan, indicating what is in what room. I would like suggestions on what...
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    Windows XP I am learning to write drivers for the book Soldatov. I got strange errors. How to write drivers r

    Я учусь писать драйверы для книги Солдатов. Я получил странные ошибки. Как писать драйверы правильно?
  8. Windows 10 How to integrate software in the windows?

    Hello, I'm new here, I'm wondering how I can integrate software in the Windows. For example, if I want to add an item to the context menu, in the explorer window, to send a file to an OLD folder. So, after click in «Send to Old» it would create a folder «yyyy-MM-dd - Old» in the same path of...
  9. Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows

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    Windows 7 How Do I Compile From Source in Windows 7?

    I am trying use a program At the bottom it says "compile from source", but I have no idea how to do that. Can someone please explain it to me step by step. What programs I need to install and everything I need to do.
  11. Building a Simple App with the Windows Bridge for iOS

    Link Removed Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code...
  12. PowerApps 101 | Azure Friday

    Karthik Bharathy joins Scott on Azure Friday to teach him about Power Apps! You'll see how quickly you can create an app and connect it to the cloud using PowerApps. This is PowerApps 101. Link Removed Continue reading...
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    Best Programming Languages for Quick Learning

    I am interested in learning computer language and I wanted to know what one would be easier to learn fast
  14. Face it... Windows 10 Vision and Face Detection Round-up

    With all the pictures we'll be taking I thought it would be cool to do a round-up of vision API, facial detection and the like. We're got a ton of posts from three different authors... 1) Link Removed Summary A musical coding project that turns users into musical instruments using new media...
  15. Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 Technical Preview

    This is a Technical Preview for Visual C++ Build Tools 2015, which provides the essential tools for building C++ applications and libraries targeting Windows desktop. Link Removed
  16. What's New for Developers in Windows 10 Version 1511 and the 10586 SDK | Developer’s Guide...

    In this session, learn what's new in Windows 10 version 1511 from the developers' perspective. Major new features in this update include Windows 10 for Mobile, Continuum for Mobile, next gen authentication using Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport, and the new Windows Store for Business. Learn...
  17. Awaken Your Creativity with the new Windows.UI.Composition

    We live and work in a fast-paced, real-time, information environment where the scarcest resource of all is not information itself, but human attention to that information. This is why user experiences and UI need to evolve to more effectively target human attention amid the cacophony of data and...
  18. Windows 10 Windows 10 Edge and Roboform

    RoboForm will not work with Edge, MS's new Internet Browser simply because Edge does not allow extensions. RoboForm programmers state that until the Edge programmers allow extensions, there is nothing that they can do to make RoboForm compatible with the Edge Browser. Come on, Microsoft! Quit...
  19. Release Management for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 1

    This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2015 with Update 1. Link Removed
  20. Demystifying HttpClient APIs in the Universal Windows Platform

    As a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app developer, if you are trying to communicate over HTTP with a web service or any server endpoint, you have multiple API choices. Two of the most used and recommended APIs for implementing the HTTP client role in a managed UWP app are...