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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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Correct method of calling WCF service asynchronously

I have the WCF service which return the collection of objects. He is working code I started with (I'm not sure it is correct): List remoteInspections = (await…
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Windows Phone 8.1 appbar background image or gradient brush not visible?

While porting my existing windows store 8.1 app to windows phone 8.1 I am facing difficulty in commandbar's background. as you can see in the apps screenshot When I set it to solid color its working fine and showing in emulator and device but when I…
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Changing lock screen image in Windows 8.1 via background task

In main(foreground) app i can use LockScreen.SetImageFileAsync method to set the lockscreen image. I couldn't able to figure out how to set the lockscreen images regular basis (every x hours) from the code. In WP8, we can use background task to…
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edit word document in windows 8.1 application

how I can edit word document in windows 8.1 application . I have made it in windows form by using system.IO so what I can do in windows application I need to make function to find and replace words
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Is it possible to use the accelerometer of Surface Pro 3 via Qt?

Is it possible to use the accelerometer of Surface Pro 3 via Qt? Will it work with QtCreator and MinGW or is Visual Studio required? The Qt 5.3 documentation is a bit confusing to me: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qtsensors-index.html "Currently…
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Problems configuring a Memcached/Couchbase on Windows 8.1 x64

I'm having trouble starting a Couchbase 2.5.1 enterprise edition server process with Memcached buckets. I get a permanent "server down" message when I navigate to: http://localhost:8091/index.html The server logs just give this error for all the…
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cudaGetDeviceCount returned errorUnknown code=30

I installed CUDA 6.0 tookit on a Windows 8.1 machine and tried to run the deviceQuery CUDA sample. However, it returned the following error for Win32 and Win64 versions. deviceQuery.exe Starting... CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART…
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WinRAR errors: "Cannot set [temp folder] as the current folder. Access is denied."

When I open up a zip file and try to drag the contents out to the desktop, I get these messages. I used to be able to do it all the time before I switched to Windows 8. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it? Note: I am able to…
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Windows 8 Store App Grid DataContext Refresh Programatically

I am setting the GridView Data Context in XAML similar to so: This "ViewModel" class is a static class that is fill…
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Windows 8.1 - How to get the index of elements when binding a CollectionViewSource

I have a Windows 8.1 application. My CollectionViewSource is a list of items which is grouped by date when the items were created. Now I have binded this CollectionViewSource to a ListView so as to display the group headers for each group and then…
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How to have Popup go to the bottom left of the screen when scrolling, Windows 8 App

Hello i am trying to have a Grid that is always visible even when the user is scrolling in the application. This will allow me to always so information to my user, its a bit like a mini player instead i am showing information. I would like to…
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Windows Store App: How do I remove permissions tab from Settings

In my app, I have added a settings tab like this. internal static class AccountSettings { public static void Initialise() { SettingsPane settingsPane = SettingsPane.GetForCurrentView(); settingsPane.CommandsRequested +=…
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How to close PopupMenu in WinRT

Is it possible to close/hide programmatically a PopupMenu in WinRT? I tried to set focus on something else, but it doesn't work. This class (PopupMenu) doesn't provide methods to close it either. I also tried to replace PopupMenu with MenuFlyout,…
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How to uninstall a specific sideloaded app for mutiple users from windows 8.1 through windows power shell?

I have sideloaded a windows 8.1 app for mutiple users in the device using the following command in windows power shell:- DISM /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:”packagepath” /SkipLicense Now i want to un-install the same app for …
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How to print directly to the default printer Windows Store App C#?

I'm developing a Windows Store app in C# that is a self service totem to run in a hospital. When the patient touches a button in the screen, a kind of receipt should be printed. The question is: How to print this receipt directly to the default…
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