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The successor to Microsoft Windows 8.1 which combines features from Windows 7 and 8.1, including touch-interface and restored Start Menu. This tag exclusively is for programming questions related to Windows 10; general software issues not directly related to programming should be directed to Super User.

Windows 10 was released on July 29th, 2015 and is the successor to Microsoft Windows 8.1 which combines features from Windows 7 and 8.1, including touch-interface and restored Start Menu. It has some important changes which affect developers.

Windows 10 is the latest OS launched by Microsoft. Users can upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, provided they have a genuine version.

At the Build conference 2015, Microsoft announced the fact that Windows 10 will be designed to run on every conceivable device, from desktops and phones, to IoT devices and televisions.

A few of the changes include:

  • Unified platform for desktop and mobile; will be replaced by Windows 10. Developers will now develop for the (Universal Windows Platform), a set of libraries that can be updated independent of the OS and will be common to , , and .
  • Integration
  • Better integration, including streaming games from your console.
  • New browser (codenamed Spartan).
  • Support for holographic computing.

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How can I detect when Windows 10 enters tablet mode in a Windows Forms application?

Update While not the most elegant solution, one method that seems to work is to watch the relevant registry value. Here's an example using WMI to do this. I'd be happy to hear from anyone if there's a better solution than this. using System; using…
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WSL-2 DNS is not working with VPN connection on Win 10

I have WSL Version 2 running on my Windows 10 Laptop. I'm using the WSL distribution Ubuntu-20.04. When I connect to a VPN network domain name resolution doesn't work so I can't access the Internet. VPN Client in use is "Cisco AnyConnect Secure…
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git clone works; git submodule fails "Permission denied"

On a private repository from gitlab, when I run git clone git@git.privateserver.local:group/project-submodule.git the clone completes successfully. As part of the cloning process, I'm asked for the passphrase of my private key. When I run submodule…
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How to connect a Windows Mobile PDA to Windows 10

Does anyone know how I can get a Windows Mobile 6.5 PDA to connect up to a Windows 10 PC? Before upgrading the PC from Window 8.1 I was able to use Windows Mobile Device Center to link up to the PDA over USB. This allowed me to access files on the…
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IIS Error : Remote connections are not supported

I have switched recently to windows 10 and have no clue if this is linked but my IIS doesn't seem to work as it used to. I previously had a remote connection to one of my website but every time I click its name in IIS it returns me an error: "Remote…
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How to disable HTTP/2 on IIS 10

IIS 10 claims to fully support HTTP/2. I'm wondering if there is a way to turn off HTTP/2 on IIS 10.
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Is it possible programmatically add folders to the Windows 10 Quick Access panel in the explorer window?

Apparently Microsoft has (sort of) replaced the "Favorites" Windows explorer item with the Quick Access item. But I haven't been able to find a way to programmatically add folders to it (neither on Google not MSDN). Is there no way to do this yet?
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Docker: could not read CA certificate

I installed Docker on Windows 10 Pro and I can't get it to work. When I try to run hello-world I get could not read CA certificate It's looking for the certificates in the machine/machines/default . However that folder didn't exist. I created a…
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How do I keep SSH connection alive on Windows 10?

I've added the OpenSSH client (Beta) feature on Windows 10 so I can call it by running ssh on the command line. However the terminal windows (and thus the connection) freezes when inactive for too long. I know I would solve this on Linux by editing…
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Why Local Users and Groups is missing in Computer Management on Windows 10 Home?

I'm using Windows 10 Home. While troubleshooting some issue with WinRM, I figured out "Local Users and Groups" item is missing in my System Tools. Computer Management >> System Tools >> "Local Users and Groups" missing.
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Windows 10 - Username with whitespace and PATH

Upon installing Windows 10 I created my admin user as Miha Šušteršič. Now when I install programs that need to modify the environment variable PATH, most of them don't get added. For instance this happens with MongoDB and Git, but npm got added…
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UWP Windows 10 App memory increasing on navigation

I have a UWP Windows 10 App and noticed the memory usage in task manager is increasing over time. I stripped the App back and found the memory is increasing when the navigating pages. So I made a simple app with just a few pages to test and the…
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How to execute Process commands (or similar) using a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) App?

I'm working on creating custom Cortana commands. The commands are registered and executed using a Universal Windows Platform Application. (GitHub) For instance, I've registered the following command Shut…
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Taming the automatic telephone number thing in the windows 10 edge browser

Windows 10's edge browser seems to detect phone numbers even if there's no phone app installed on the system. It formats the phone number in blue with an underline even if it's just in the plain text somewhere (ugly on some backgrounds), moreover it…
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WebStorm/PhpStorm, issue with terminal on Windows 10

I decided to try Windows 10, but having problem to make terminal works inside WebStorm/PhpStorm. When I open terminal, sometimes it's completely black, sometimes it loads the project folder but I cannot type there. There is a way to run it in the…
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