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Windows 8.1, released on October 18, 2013, is the first major update to Microsoft Windows 8. Windows 8.1 is another addition to the Windows NT family.

Windows 8.1, released on October 18, 2013, is the first major update to Microsoft Windows 8. Windows 8.1 is another addition to the Windows NT family.

Windows 8.1 introduces many new features & APIs for developers of Windows Store apps and deprecates many APIs. Development for Windows Store apps which run on Windows 8.1 can only be done using Visual Studio 2013.

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How to fix "Google Chrome did not shutdown properly" in Windows 8.1

When shutting down Windows 8.1, Google Chrome produces the error message "Google Chrome did not shutdown properly". How can I get Chrome to shut down without giving me that error message? I don't have to be logged in as a Google user.
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use powershell to find scheduled tasks set to wake the computer

I've downloaded the powershell script located here: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-Scheduled-tasks-from-3a377294 However, this doesn't give me the piece of info I'm looking for. i want to see if any task is set to wake the pc…
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WebView capture navigation to a custom protocol

I am working with a WebView in a Windows 8.1 xaml app and need to handle navigation to a custom protocol ie. "app://12345". I have the WebView navigating off to a website for authentication which is then redirecting to this custom protocol as the…
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How to disable address bar showing on js events in IE 11 on Windows 8.1

There is a web application (basically a web page coming from the server), which was developed for a client using MS Surface tablets, which were running Windows RT. When there was a shortcut (tile) pinned to the start screen of the tablet and client…
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How can we check if the current OS is win8 or blue

Win8.1 and Win8 has the same OS Version. How can we check if the current OS is Win8 or Blue? The Environment.OSVersion is giving us the same results: Environment.OSVersion 6.2.9200.0 Environment.OSVersion.Version …
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Set grid column or grid row in C# code behind

I have set ColumnDefinitions in XAML like:
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Can I Download & Use Microsoft Edge in Windows 8.1?

How can i download and use Microsoft Edge in Windows 8.1 ?
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Bad Swing UI scaling on high resolution (MS Surface)

I'm currently working on a little Java application, that involves Swing GUIs. On my development PC everything looks fine but when I run it on my MS Surface, some icons seem to be too large for the components (or the components too small for the…
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Handle virtual keyboard on Windows 8 tablet

In my webpage I have a text input field which gets covered by the keyboard in Windows 8.1 tablet. I want the tablet to 'push up' the web page content (as it works on the iPad). So: Is it possible to make the keyboard NOT covering my input…
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Bluetooth A2DP SINK in Windows 8.1

I know Microsoft doesn't allow the streaming of music from phones to Windows 8 PC's or the use of the PC as hands free, but has anyone found a way around this yet? Are there any modified drivers or ways to modify the current drivers? Any help would…
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Invalid syntax with "setx" for having more than two arguments when there are only two arguments

I'm having trouble setting the global environment variable PATH permanently with SETX. I've read the answers on similar questions such as Invalid syntax with setx as well as read the syntax on SS64. As far as I know, the following line follows the…
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Random access data virtualization for ListView on Windows Runtime

I'm implementing a list that could easily have 10,000 small pictures in it. Actual use case is showing a list of thumbnails of a video so you can scroll thru a video frame by frame. I put in a thumbnail of the video into the list every 2/3rds of a…
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How to get the OS version in Win8.1 as GetVersion/GetVersionEx are deprecated?

I have scenarios where i want to specifically know the OS major/minor version and build number etc. From windows 8.1 onwards GetVersion and GetVersionEx have been deprecated, stating: [GetVersion/GetVersionEx may be altered or unavailable for…
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Not showing items with Visibility=Collapsed in Windows 8.1 GridView

I have a Windows 8.1 application with a GridView bound to a custom (sortable, deduplicated) observable collection. In this collection, I do some heavy filtering and setting an IsHidden flag for every item. In the data template for the item, there…
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Emacs on Windows 8.1 with font scaling for 4K monitor

I'm using Emacs on a Windows 8.1 computer with a 4K resolution monitor. I scaled up all the Windows fonts to 200%, since otherwise it is difficult to read. In most applications, the scaled fonts look great, but in Emacs they look fuzzy and…
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