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  1. Three Windows 11 Group Policy Tweaks to Quiet Your PC

    Windows 11 ships with a lot of useful functionality — and a lot of defaults that many users find noisy, intrusive, or simply unnecessary. A recent community write-up that recommends three Group Policy tweaks — turning off Microsoft Defender, disabling toast notifications, and preventing OneDrive...
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  2. Disable Chrome's Annoying 'Link Copied' Notifications: A Quick Guide

    If you’ve recently been using Google Chrome and noticed those pesky notifications saying “Link copied” or “Image copied” popping up every time you try to copy something, you’re not alone. With the introduction of Chrome 130, these notifications have become an omnipresent annoyance disrupting our...
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  3. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19042.906 (20H2) to Release Preview Channel

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.906 (KB5000842) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with zoom that occurs when using Microsoft Edge...
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  4. VIDEO Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v7.0

    After many months of invigorating the Windows Community Toolkit with a multitude of improvements and features; we are happy to announce version 7.0 is available today! Made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community.🎉 If you are new to the Toolkit, the Windows...
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  5. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.899 (21H1) to Beta Channel

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.899 (KB5000842) to the Beta Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1 (Click here for the 21H1 announcement). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with zoom that occurs when using Microsoft Edge IE...
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  6. Introducing adaptive notification requests in Microsoft Edge

    Users tell us that they find notification requests bothersome and distracting – except when they don’t. We want sites to engage with users without annoying them, but we also don’t want our users to miss reminders that may be important for them. With new changes that we’re rolling out, we are...
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  7. Reducing distractions with quiet notification requests

    Earlier this year, we met with users to understand how they felt about permissioned web features, such as requests to send notifications or access the camera or microphone. The individuals we spoke with made it clear they find notification requests bothersome and distracting—except when they...
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  8. Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v6.1

    We are thrilled to announce today the next update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 6.1. This release was made possible with help and contributions from across our developer community. While a ‘minor’ release, it is jam-packed with new controls, helpers, and improvements to the whole...
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  9. Identity, Registration and Activation of Non-packaged Win32 Apps

    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...
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  10. Extend your desktop application with Windows 10 features using the new Visual Studio Application Packaging Project

    Visual Studio 2017 15.4 introduced the new Windows Application Packaging project to help you modernizing your application by using the new Windows 10 App Deployment Stack. We talked about it in our previous post: Visual Studio 2017 Update 4 makes it easy to modernize your app and make it store...
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  11. Adding UWP features to your existing PC software

    With last summer’s release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and the announcement of the Windows Store supporting apps built with the Desktop Bridge technology, we want to share more details and sample code on how to further enhance and extend your PC software on Windows 10. In addition to...
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  12. 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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  13. Engaging customers with Live Tiles and toast notifications (10 by 10)

    Last week, we talked about how you can do Link Removed by Windows 10 customers. This week, we’d like to continue with how to increase customer engagement through some of the most loved features of Windows apps: Live Tiles and toast notifications. If you’re already a Windows app developer, you...
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    Windows 7 Product Key worked, but isnt valid?

    So I installed windows 7 on my hp touchsmart tx2z about a month ago, because a friend had an extra valid copy, and lately ive been getting little pop ups by the taskbar that says that I only have two days left to type in a valid product key. I tried retyping the product key again, to no avail...