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Questions tagged [windows-10-desktop]

the tag windows-10-desktop is for questions concerning application development for the Windows 10 Desktop. Windows 10 Desktop development uses the Win32 API and provides a user interface similar to a traditional Windows UI that supports and may require the use of a keyboard and mouse. Along with this tag should be a tag indicating the language being used and the platform such as .NET. This tag is not used for posts concerning WinRT application development.

Windows 10 comes in three main flavors: Windows 10 Desktop, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows 10 IoT. Development can be done in a wide variety of languages with several different target processors as well as the different target versions of Windows 10.

The Windows Desktop, Win32, uses the Windows 10 version of the Win32 API which contains functionality that is unavailable in the WinRT in order provide the security of a protected environment for WinRT. The most common processor target is x86 or x64 CPUs.

See the discussion and links in How to: Use Existing C++ Code in a Universal Windows Platform App.

The Windows Runtime, WinRT, with Universal Windows Platform applications allows for a code once, compile many for specific target. A UWP application can be built to target one of several different processors (x86, x64, ARM) as well as any of the versions of Windows 10 (Windows 10 Desktop, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows 10 IoT).

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How to fix a "positional argument" in order to successfully run a census API for PostgreSQL?

I'm trying to pull data from a csv file of census API variables and the code will select all state, county, and census tracts. I am getting a "TypeError: state_county_tract()"; "takes 5 positional arguments but 6 were given." There seems to have…
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Use powershell to configure "Use start fullscreen" setting?

Windows 10 allows you to configure Settings > Start > Use Start full screen, I'm trying to find a way to configure this through powershell/dsc scripting/automation. I was able to find the MDM and GPO documentation…
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Returning value from a function using VBScript

I am new to vbscript. I am trying to get return value from a PingTest function below but it gives me an error at the function definition (I am using windows 10). Function PingTest(hostName) ' Standard housekeeping Dim colPingResults,…
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Black Screen with cursor before log in

I have tried all the possible solutions to solve it given in the internet. But my problem does not solved. So I want to reset my pc. If so is my pc get back to normal state. Previously I have resetted my pc for another problem. Is my resetting…
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Management of internet connections?

The status says - connected. In windows 10 I have list of configured internet connections, how I can get that list and connect to or disconnect from one of them programmatically with C++?
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Why none of Windows 10 App is in Suspended State

My understanding for Windows 10 Apps Application life-cycle is that when you switch from one App to another, OS puts first App in suspended mode. I am running several Apps but none of these is in suspended mode (see image below). I was expecting to…
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moving files into matching directories

looking for some help please - I have no experience in code writing so have been looking for a question/answer that is close but..... My huge movie database lives on NAS drive "Video Y", each movie in its own subdirectory; it has multiple video file…
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Delete/expire cookie working differently in IE11 of Windows 7 and Windows 10

I have an web application which creates username, sessionid cookies while opening the module. With document.cookie, I am getting the values as "username=xyz, sessionid=123" On Exiting the application, I am deleting the cookie as…
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How to enabled Windows Script Host

I need to execute some cmd command which will require Windows Script Host to be enabled. By default, Windows Script Host is enabled. But the problem is some of my clients, Windows Script Host is disabled. One of the reasons behind it is by using the…
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can we disable right click for a certain folder or desktop?

Is it possible to disable to right click for only a particular folder of desktop? I tried the Reg-Editor method but it will disable the right click for the whole system.
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Win10 Theme used in running program

Is there any information available to the running program about which Win10 theme is being used? I am looking primarily to get more debug information, as I have a user with a reported "scrambled GUI". Is there any way to kill themes, or force to a…
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Batch file to create folder with name based on input information then copy into it another folder's contents

So what I am trying to do it make a batch file which copies contents of an existing folder into a newly created folder. I have been able to get by with a MKDIR a new folder and then XCOPY into the new folder and rename it manually. Is it possible…
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Windows 10 will not update until Samsung Easy Settings is manually uninstalled

When I try to run the [Samsung] Easy Settings uninstall, Windows 10 blocks it from running saying that it is for a different version of Windows and might be unsafe. I can't seem to find any valid or manual solutions on Samsung or Microsoft sites.
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Why can't I still move/delete long file paths in Windows Explorer after enabling the Group Policy in Windows 10?

I have a source code folder with a lot of files and subfolders nested in it. Windows 10 can now supposedly handle long file paths via the Group Policy Editor. I've enabled it already and restarted my computer multiple times. But trying to delete…
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installing gulp on windows 10 with local server on XAMPP and laravel 5.3

I am trying to install gulp in the development environment on XAMPP in the root of the test site. No matter what I do I get the following error, I cannot figure out what is wrong: # npm install npm ERR! git clone…
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