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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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PHP Manager for IIS fails to install

I am trying to install PHP on IIS 8. Every time I start the PHP installation, PHP installs but I get the follow error:
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VS Code / Bitbucket / SSH - Permission denied (publickey)

I'm trying to access bitbucket via ssh from vscode but always get permission denied (publickey). SSH key(s) are located under ~\.ssh\, public key(s) are correctly setup in bitbucket/settings/security/sshkeys. The keys are tested and do work! After…
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How do I install Windows 10 SDK for use with Visual Studio 2017

I can't figure out how to install Windows 10 SDK for Visual Studio 2017. I downloaded and ran the Windows 10 SDK installer, and it displays Please find winsdksetup.exe in ....\Windows kits\10\WindowsSDK to install Windows Software Development Kit -…
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How do I use Headless Chrome in Chrome 60 on Windows 10?

I've been looking at the following article about Headless Chrome: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/04/headless-chrome I just upgraded Chrome on Windows 10 to version 60, but when I run either of the following commands from the command…
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How to add a folder to `Path` environment variable in Windows 10 (with screenshots)

On StackOverflow and on the net in general, there are outdated and few guides on how to add a specific folder to the Windows 10 Path environment variable of the user. I think a complete guide for new developers with step by step instructions and…
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How to output to console in UWP on Windows 10?

Is there a way to write to console / command prompt / powershell (like Console.WriteLine()) or anything similar in UWP apps? If console is unavailable is there a proper alternative that I can use instead to write to the screen large amounts of…
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Java's "os.name" for Windows 10?

In Java, we can see the property value of os.name to know the name of the underlying operating system: System.getProperty("os.name"). For each edition of Windows, it used to return always the exact name of the OS: Windows XP for XP, Windows Vista…
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Dependency Walker with kernel32.dll on Windows 10

I tried to open kernel32.dll using Dependency Walker on Windows 10. I got the following error and warning: Error: At least one required implicit or forwarded dependency was not found Warning: At least one delay-load dependency module was not…
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Tensorflow crashes with CUBLAS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED

I'm running tensorflow-gpu on Windows 10 using a simple MINST neural network program. When it tries to run, it encounters a CUBLAS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED error. A google search doesn't turn up anything. I…
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How to remove extra host only network interfaces created by vagrant on windows 10?

I have recently upgraded to Win 10 and hence to vagrant 1.7.4 and virtual box 5.0.2 r102096. While bringing one of the VM up using vagrant up, vagrant kept failing, but created new Host only adapters in the system on every attempt. Now I have 6…
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Setting up enviroment variables in Windows 10 to use java and javac

I got a new laptop with Windows 10 and I want to set it up so I can use java and javac from the command line. I have searched online but all the guides are for previous versions, and I don't want to mess around with something I don't understand.
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Add new Microsoft Edge to web browser control?

The new Windows 10 with Microsoft Edge has arrived. How can I add it to my web browser control? I need it because the actual web browser control doesn't allow JavaScript and CSS3. I used to also add Chrome browser with the projects WebKit and…
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Pin program to taskbar using PS in Windows 10

I am trying to pin a program to the taskbar in Windows 10 (RTM) using this code: $shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application" $folder = $shell.Namespace((Join-Path $env:SystemRoot System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0)) $item =…
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Makecert missing from Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015 install?

I did a clean install of windows 10 and visual studio 2015 and did not find makecert.exe anywhere. Does some other software need to be installed to get this program back? I looked in all the folders under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft…
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cx_Oracle error. DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 64-bit Oracle Client library

I installed the library and when trying to access SQL in jupyter notebook with my credentials the following error appears: DatabaseError: DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 64-bit Oracle Client library: "The specified module could not be found".…
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