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  1. 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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  2. Connecting Network Cameras to Windows 10 Devices

    Network cameras, which are Internet Protocol-based cameras that transmit video data over a local area network (LAN), are becoming increasingly prevalent – especially in surveillance and security scenarios. Windows now allows users to associate network cameras to their PC, enabling photo capture...
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    Windows 7 C# CMD Program to Monitor Windows Processes and Alert on New Tasks

    I would like to know is it possible to make a cmd program in #C to monitor windows processes? CMD Starts and automatically sends tasklist command every 10 seconds. If new process starts during that 10 seconds it opens TXT or another CMD windows to inform me that process name and location...
    • Mihailo
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    • automation batch file c sharp cmd command prompt development monitoring notifications process process management programming scripting software task manager tasklist text file windows windows api windows tools
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  4. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17125

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17125 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17125 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...
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    • 17125 api updates bug fixes build changes c++/winrt code debugging desktop apps developer forum development feedback known issues preview build programming sdk software development visual studio windows 10 windows api windows insider
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  5. Windows 10 Taskbar shows up when CD/DVD is inserted or ejected

    Hello, In our application we get the handle of the taskbar using Windows API and hide it using SW_HIDE. Yet when the CD / DVD is inserted / ejected the taskbar is visible. We tried to handle the WM_DEVICECHANGE windows message which is received when any device is inserted to the system and...
    • liz08
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    • device management dvd hide message handling sporadic taskbar user interface windows windows api wm_devicechange
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  6. How to Restart your App Programmatically

    For some apps (especially games) it is not uncommon for the app to get into a state where it needs to restart – perhaps after a license update, after installing downloadable content, its caches have become corrupt or unwieldy, or for any other reason where the app needs to refresh state from...
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  7. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 16225 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 16225 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16225 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...
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  8. High-DPI Scaling Improvements for Desktop Applications in the Windows 10 Creators Update

    In the previous blog post about High-dots-per-inch (DPI) scaling improvements, we talk about how desktop applications can be blurry or sized incorrectly when run on high-DPI displays. This is especially noticeable when docking and undocking or when using remoting technologies such as Remote...
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  9. Windows 10 Program to either Untray or Run

    When pinning a program to the taskbar, when you launch it it runs the actual executable then the application either runs for the first time, or if it's already running but minimized to the tray, it has to handle that 2nd exe instance -> terminate the second one -> un-minimize the currently...
    • blksith0
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    • app management efficiency executable minimized apps performance programming scripting taskbar tray icons windows api
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  10. VIDEO Standard C++ and the Windows Runtime (C++/WinRT)

    The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology that powers the Universal Windows Platform, letting developers write applications that are common to all Windows devices, from Xbox to PCs to HoloLens to phones. Most of UWP can also be used by developers targeting traditional desktop applications...
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  11. Lumia Imaging SDK 3.0 now available with UWP support

    Link Removed, a popular toolset that Microsoft also internally uses to implement some of its imaging apps, has been updated to version 3.0. Previous versions of the SDK have already powered applications with a total of over 100 million downloads and now has support for Windows 10 UWP (Universal...
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  12. CredUIPromptForWindowsCredentials API does not select the smart card logon certificate from...

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    • authentication creduiprompt logon certificate smart card windows api
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    Windows 7 Common Dialog Boxes display hyperlinks vs. static text

    I have an application that calls Windows API functions to display the Common Dialog boxes (e.g. Print Dialog, File Save As..., etc.). The Common Dialog boxes display correctly on my own network, but I have a client who is running my application on a Windows Server 2008 R2 application server...
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    • app development citrix common dialogs hyperlinks print dialog static text terminal server user experience windows api windows server
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    Windows 7 Win7 Windows Task Scheduler, when running silent, also suppresses sound

    I had found that, to not have my programs visible in the TaskBar (ie: DSNTODAY), I must, in the General Tab, select 'run whether user is logged on or not'. Unfortunately, tho logically, this also seems to apply to sound (ie: the Win32API BEEP and MESSAGEBEEP). When I select 'run only when...
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    • audio cues background processes beeping dsntoday executable granularity hiding programs notifications registry silent running sound startup system tray task scheduler taskbar tweaks visual cues windows 7 windows api
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    Windows 7 Input redirection does not work with DOS commands

    I was trying to get the 'CD' (change directory) DOS command to work with input redirection (left arrow), but could not do so, tho, thank goodness, I found PUSHD&POPD so I no longer need CD in my .BAT now. However, I could not get any of these commands to work either: TYPE, MORE, and especially...
    • MtheK
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    • batch file cd command command execution command line console input dir command dos error handling file path input redirection peekconsoleinput readfile sp1 type command windows 7 windows api
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    Windows 7 Win32 API Dev Visual Styles difficulty

    Hi. I am working on a small and fast GUI wrapper for game and tool development. It has been a while that i worked with the win32 api. Everything works fine except of the displayed window elements. As you can see in the attached picture, the text looks like Win 3.x ^^. I applied a manifest...
    • Silberling
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    • app manifest code snippet common controls developer tools error handling gui development programming tdm-gcc user interface visual design windows api windows ui
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  17. UnregisterClass function may leak memory

    The UnregisterClass function may leak memory when called to unregister a window class that was registered within an activation context. Link Removed
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    • activation context function issue memory leak unregisterclass window class windows api
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  18. SetFileCompletionNotificationModes API causes an IO completion port not work correctly with a non-IF

    non-IFS LSP does not correctly support IO completion port when the user changes notification modes via SetFileCompletionNotificationModes Link Removed
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    Windows 7 creating windows shortcuts en-masse (scripted)

    Setup: Windows 7 Home premium (64bit) I have need of creating many windows 7 shortcuts to a pile of video files. This is the first of what will likely be many occasions . I don't know any of the windows based scripting languages but do program in perl somewhat. So my first hope is someone may...
    • HarryPutnam
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    • automation context menu file management perl programming scripting shortcuts video files windows 7 windows api
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    Windows 7 SetLayeredWindowAttribute() fails when theme is changed from Aero theme to basic theme

    Hello, I am using Windows 7 Enterprise OS (32 bit). I have an mfc application which uses SetLayeredWindowAttribute() api to display fading effect for a window. The window to be displayed is popup window created with attributes WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | WS_EX_LAYERED and parent NULL. The problem is...
    • amr123
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    • aero theme application error basic theme error fading mfc application popup restart setlayeredwindowattribute theme change user interface windows 7 windows api windows attributes ws_ex_layered ws_ex_toolwindow
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    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming