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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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Visual Studio 2013 Install Fails: Program Compatibility Mode is on (Windows 10)

I want to install Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 on my Windows 10 but I have this error: I have done these two things (they have solved the problem on Windows 8) but still I cannot install it.
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Windows 10 - Bash (Ubuntu) SU (Root Password)

Recently updated to Windows 10, installed Ubuntu Bash. Wanted to start configuring, But I have hit a wall already. When installed, you are asked for a username and password for your account. This creates a user level. Is it possible to access to…
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How to programmatically print to PDF file without prompting for filename in C# using the Microsoft Print To PDF printer that comes with Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 10 comes with a Microsoft Print To PDF printer which can print something to a PDF file. It prompts for the filename to download. How can I programmatically control this from C# to not prompt for the PDF filename but save to a…
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How to check if Intel Virtualization is enabled without going to BIOS in Windows 10

I want to check if Intel virtualization is enabled in my laptop or not (Lenovo Thinkpad, Win 10 64 bit). Is there any way available to check it without going to BIOS?
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How to enable Bash in Windows 10 developer preview?

I am using windows 10 developer preview Build 14295. From the Build conference I understood that we can enable bash in windows 10. But its not clear how to enable bash in windows 10. Please find below the blog post for running bash in windows 10.…
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Can't open localhost in Microsoft Edge (Project Spartan) in Windows 10 preview

I installed Windows 10 preview and installed IIS. Open "http://localhost" in Project Spartan can't connect. IE has no problem. What's the problem?
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Error: "Failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition: no match for platform in manifest" when building a Docker image

I get the error: failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition: no match for platform in manifest when building the following Dockerfile: FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:4.8 COPY . /inetpub/wwwroot
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How to change Windows 10 interface language on Single Language version

Unfortunately, on my PC was pre installed Windows 10 Single Language (BR Portuguese) and I can't change the "display language" from BR-PT to US English because don't have any options; for that obvious reason, indeed. So, please: how can I install a…
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Docker hello-world: authentication error

I'm just getting started with docker. I'm following the instructions specified here https://docs.docker.com/windows/step_one/ I installed docker (1.10.2) on windows 10 & ran docker run hello-world . But, I'm getting an authentication error while the…
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"Docker Desktop Starting..." forever on Windows

I have installed Docker Desktop version 4.4.4 and it is not running. It only displays "Docker Desktop Starting ..." but never starts running. I have tried so many ways but didn't solve: Allowing the following files in windows firewall C:\program…
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How to activate conda environment from powershell?

Version Anaconda 4.8.3 What I cannot do: I can't activate any environment from powershell. conda activate base What I can do: conda env list conda create -n xxx conda remove -n xxx I have tried many solutions, but they turn out to be useless:…
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Error starting userland proxy: Bind for 0.0.0.0:80: unexpected error Permission denied

I am running the latest Docker CE, 17.09, under Windows 10 Pro, and using two different examples am getting Permission denied. Docker site example: docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx AWS site Docker example: docker run -p 80:80…
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Cannot read configuration file ' trying to read configuration data from file '\\?\', line number '0'

An app pool kept stopping every time it was started and gave this error in the application logs: The worker process for application pool 'APP_POOL_NAME' encountered an error 'Cannot read configuration file ' trying to read configuration data…
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Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies

I have a WinJS project that is previously built on Windows 8.1 using VS 2013. Recently I upgraded this project to Universal Windows 10 by creating a blank Javascript Universal windows 10 project and then added all my files from old project. I have…
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Universal Windows project - HttpClient exception

I'm trying to implement REST client in Universal Windows project (in Windows 10 universal app) using HttpClient, but the following line: var response = _client.GetAsync(address).Result; throws an AggregateException with the following…
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