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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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API for Windows 10 virtual desktops

Is there any way to enumerate, switch, add virtual desktops and move window between desktops from code? Preferably, WinAPI.
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Android emulator on Hyper V – how to get hardware acceleration

Microsoft recently announced support for running android emulator on hyper V.(https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/05/08/hyper-v-android-emulator-support/) I am trying to start the Android emulator 27.2.9.0 on my Windows 10 (April 2018…
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Which .Net version does windows 10 have built-in?

I want to know which .Net version does windows 10 have built-in? like Windows 7 comes with 3.0 and 3.5 .Net pre-installed by default.
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Can't open local IIS site in IE or Edge

I have a site set up locally to do development on it and I have added it to iis and edited my host file with the url (see below). However, when I browse to the url I only get the "hmm, we can't reach this page" message. The site works well in all…
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Anaconda Installed but Cannot Launch Navigator

Anaconda (listed as "Python 3.6.0 (Anaconda 4.3.1 64 bit)" ) is in my programs and features list, but there is seeming no Anaconda Navigator desktop app, as their seems to be no icon on my desktop and I am unable to search for it through "Start".…
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UWP limitations in desktop apps

I know that the new UWP app model has some limitations when comparing to "traditional" Win32 apps. Let's take Visual Studio Code as an example of a desktop app. What features of Visual Studio Code were missing or had to be different from user…
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Strange subfolder "DTAR_08E86330_4835_4B5C_9E5A_61F37AE1A077_DTAR" created in VS2015's UWP solution folder

I've seen this empty sub folder DTAR_08E86330_4835_4B5C_9E5A_61F37AE1A077_DTAR created few times in different solutions (all UWP) and even in default "Blank App (Universal Windows)" project, the problem is - I can't reproduce it intentionally -…
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Run Windows 10 Universal Apps on Windows 8.1

Is it possible to run a windows 10 universal app on windows 8.1? I searched a lot, but I didn't find a clear answer on MSDN etc. Thanks.
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How to enable/disable buildkit in docker?

I got this command from the documentation, but i really have no idea how can I use it or where should I start to move, I'm new to docker, and concepts are still hard to me to digest: $ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build . How can I use this command to…
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Failed to read descriptor from node connection: A device attached to the system is not functioning error using ChromeDriver Selenium on Windows OS

I got this while running the selenium webdriver script in python I also set the path in System Environment and also tried downloading the webdriver that matches with my chrome version. And also letest version also. But I still get this…
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Case-sensitive path collisions on case-insensitive file system when I do git clone

when I git clone the repository the following warning appears: ... warning: the following paths have collided (e.g. case-sensitive paths on a case-insensitive filesystem) and only one from the same colliding group is in the working tree: …
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How to get Windows version from command prompt or from PowerShell

But is there a way to get the exact version string using command line output similar to the one mentioned in the image? The attached is the output of "winver" command from run. PS: I am looking for a batch or PowerShell command. There are some…
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Vagrant up - VBoxManage.exe error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX) code E_FAIL (0x80004005) gui headless

Machine: Window10 (64bit). I downloaded the latest VirtualBox, Vagrant and initialized CentOS 6.7 64bit image/url. The following worked successfully in Git-Bash session. 1. vagrant box add "centos67x64"…
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The 'sphinx-build' command was not found.

This was our processes of installing Sphinx. > choco install python -y -f > pip install sphinx We know that sphinx installed because of the following output. > pip show sphinx --- Metadata-Version: 2.0 Name: Sphinx Version: 1.4.3 Summary: Python…
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Scaling the non-client area (title bar, menu bar) for per-monitor high-DPI support

Windows 8.1 introduced the ability to have different DPI settings for different monitors. This feature is known as "per-monitor high-DPI support." It persists and has been further refined in Windows 10. If an application does not opt in (i.e., is…
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