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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 to set up working X11 forwarding on WSL2

When moving from WSL1 to WSL2 many things change; apparently this applies to X11 forwarding as well. What steps do I need to make in order to use X11 forwarding with WSL2 on Windows 10 as I did with WSL1?
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Generate new ssh keys in Windows 10 / 11

I am having a really hard time getting my SSH keys up and running after installing Windows 10. Normal method is create it and throw it in the user's account under .ssh. But this folder does not appear to be available in Windows 10. I need to have 3…
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Open .net framework 4.5 project in VS 2022. Is there any workaround?

Is there anyway to open and work on .net framework 4.5 project in visual studio 2022. May be problem is not with VS2022 but as .net framework 4.5 developer pack is not available any more .. my project can not be changed target version .. Is there…
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TortoiseSVN icons overlay not showing after updating to Windows 10

I had been using Windows 8 and TortoiseSVN icons have been displaying properly, but after installing Windows 10 I can no longer see the icons for the files/folder status.
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Docker on Windows 10 "driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint"

I am trying to use $ docker-compose up -d for a project and am getting this error message: ERROR: for api Cannot start service api: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint dataexploration_api_1…
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Git Bash (mintty) is extremely slow on Windows 10 OS

I installed Git on my Windows 10 a couple of months ago. It worked well for some time. But now, it's running very slow. The git status command takes 7 seconds to execute, and git stash takes many minutes for stashing (even if there is nothing to…
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VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible

I have been running VMware for the last year no problems, today I opened it up to start one of my VM and get an error message, see screen shot. I did follow the link and went through the steps, on step 4 I need to mount a volume using "mountvol".…
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Hyper-V: Create shared folder between host and guest with internal network

Set up: Host: Windows 10 Enterprise Guest: Windows 10 Professional Hypervisor: Hyper-V Aim: Create a shared folder between Host and Guest via an internal network to exchange files How can I achieve this?
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chmod WSL (Bash) doesn't work

Running bash on windows 10, the simple syntax below works when I SSH to my webserver, but not when I exit out and am on my local machine. It doesn't give me an error, but I can see permissions are unchanged. I have to checked that I am set up as an…
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Bridged networking not working in Virtualbox under Windows 10

I just upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and found that I am unable to start Virtualbox VMs configured with a bridged adapter. See the configuration below:
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How to connect to docker host from container on Windows 10 (Docker for Windows)

At which IP address can a docker container connect to its host on Docker for Windows (on Windows 10)? How do you find this IP address? Example: you have a service running at port 1234 on your Windows 10 machine. A program inside your container must…
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docker on wsl2 very slow

After having read about the performance improvements when running Docker on wsl2, I have been waiting for the official release of Windows 10 that supports wsl2. I updated Windows and Docker and switched on the Docker flag to use wsl2 and was hoping…
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How to open URL in Microsoft Edge from the command line?

I need to open URL in Microsoft Edge (on Windows 10). When I invoke start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge http://www.google.com then Microsoft Edge is started correctly but it doesn't open the given URL…
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Cannot bind to some ports due to permission denied

For the last 3 months or so I'm having random errors where I can't bind a specific port where our Identity server is running on my local development workstation. At first I thought it's my broken machine, so I reset everything, which kinda fixed the…
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Task Scheduler failed to start. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726

I am using windows 10 task scheduler to run tasks that require me using my personal user account (its necessary to use my user and not system user because of permission issues - I am part of an organization). In windows 7 computers everything worked…
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