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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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python opens new console window instead of printing into cmd

My Python 3 (3.6) opens new black console window for each Python command I run (pip is just the same). Example: When I create a hello_world.py with a while True: print("hello world") Loop in it and start it from PowerShell via python test.py it will…
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Why is this WinForms window rendering artifacts while dragging?

I'm supporting a .NET 4 WinForms app written in VB.NET and built w/ Visual Studio 2015. In Windows 7 things are fine, but in our Windows 10 testing there is a rendering problem with a form window in the main application window. Happens on multiple…
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Identify the area of Toast notifications from a windows 10 application

I have an application which is performing screen sharing for presentations by scraping the area of the screen for the shared window. It identifies when other windows overlap that area and does not include that area in the scrape. The problem is that…
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Create Pico process with associated provider

I recently started looking into the topics of Pico processes (see here and here). I also started reading the Windows Internals 7th Edition Part 1 book. As stated in the book, currently there is no API available for creating custom Pico processes and…
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How do I use SQL Management Studio 2017 with Dark Theme with Windows 10 High Contrast theme?

I've followed this guide to enable dark theme in VS2017 with the high contrast Windows theme: How do I use visual studio 2012 dark theme with windows 8 high contrast theme? Works great. Now I'm trying with SQL Mangement Studio 2017. I have enabled…
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"The TLS connection was non-properly terminated" in Windows 10 Linux Subsystem

I recently reinstalled my computer and installed Linux Subsystem which I always do. When I wanted to run composer I noticed something strange. It failed because it was unable to establish a TLS connection. [RuntimeException] Failed to clone…
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Is setting ExecutionPolicy to Unrestricted for CurrentUser a security breach?

I have a couple of aliases I like to have in my PowerShell on my Windows 10. I want them to persist between sessions, so I have put them in a profile.ps1 file under C:\Users{username}\Documents\WindowsPowerShell. I am getting this annoying "cannot…
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The system events EVENT_SYSTEM_SWITCHSTART and EVENT_SYSTEM_SWITCHEND works in Windows 7 but not in Windows 10

Added info: When I use my .exe file in Windows 7 everything works as it should. It does not work in Windows 10. And I can't figure out why. Original post: Probably I just need more coffee... ... but I'm trying to write a small program that is going…
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How to share GPU between computers using thunderbolt 3?

Many Thunderbolt 3 (over USB-C) based external GPU docks have proliferated (eg. Razer core). Using these we can make use of a desktop grade GPU from a laptop. I want to understand if reverse is also true. If I have a laptop or a desktop which has a…
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Build Qt project with VS C++ Compiler 15.0 with C++17 to use WinRT APIs

I would like to use libraries available via WinRT API (like these) from my UWP application created using Qt 5.9.2 for UWP 64bit (MSVC 2017). I got Visual Studio Build Tool 2017 v15.5.7 installed on my machine. Windows 10 is my OS. Now, I have set up…
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Create custom Windows 10 Quick Actions in Notification Centre?

I'm currently building some applications for use in Windows 10 and would ideally like to customise the Notification Centre with some custom Quick Action buttons for my apps. Does anyone know if there's a way to create custom Quick Action buttons to…
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Find which explorer.exe is controlling the taskbar?

I tend to leave my computer on for weeks at a time. The only issue I have with this is that the task bar flakes out after a number of days. Usually this takes the form of not rendering icons in the start menu. It can go as far as just not rendering…
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Using TooltipService.Tooltip Keyword in a Resource Dictionary for UWP

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How pass json as parameter to aws cli?

I am trying to update crawler using this command: aws glue update-crawler --name my-crawler --configuration '{"Version":1.0,"CrawlerOutput":{"Partitions":{"AddOrUpdateBehavior":"InheritFromTable"}}}' --region us-west-2 As described here Instead of…
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WiX: How to pin to start the apps icon to the Windows 10 Start menu and task-bar using WiX?

How to pin your apps to the Windows 10 Start menu (big right icons) and taskbar alongside the live tiles using WiX? I was looking the manual but is for V3. WiX Toolset v4.x reference manual is coming soon. at: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/ I…
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