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The successor to Microsoft Windows 7 that focuses on a new interface style for touch-based devices and tablets.

Windows 8 is the successor to Microsoft Windows 7. Windows 8 is another addition to the Windows NT family.

The "Windows 8 User Interface," formerly named Metro, has been designed to make it better suitable for touchscreen input in addition to the traditional mouse and keyboard input. The new design focuses on tablet and mobile integration. Applications targeting the new UI () can be hosted in Windows Store () and submitted via the IDE. These must be developed using and either , + or (DirectX can be mixed with XAML).

Windows RT (not to be confused with WinRT or Windows Runtime) is a version of Windows 8 exclusively for microprocessors that only supports the new user interface developed with , while Windows 8 for the microprocessors from Intel and AMD also supports traditional desktop user interface developed with technologies such as , or .

A full description of Windows 8 can be found on Wikipedia.

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How do I access a control inside a XAML DataTemplate?

I have this flipview:
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Where/how can I download (and install) the Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 for Windows 8, 64 bit?

I've got a 32 bit .net 2.0 app that uses the Jet OLEDB 4.0. It runs fin on Windows 8 32 bit, but not on the 64 bit. on 64 bit I'm getting an error: 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine. at …
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Best practice for saving sensitive data in Windows 8

What's the best way of saving sensitive data to a local file in Windows 8? I'm developing a C# application that needs to store oAuth tokens/passwords. I've heard it was common in .NET to encrypt/decrypt data, but I don't have any experience with…
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WinRT and build-in Windows 8 Apps

Can non-Metro Windows apps (ex: Explorer) be built with the new WinRT, or must they still be Win32 based?
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How to remove/hide GitExtensions toolbar from Visual Studio?

I tried: right-click on a toolbar and uncheck GitExtensions right-click on a toolbar > Customize and delete GitExtensions moved the toolbar from the second row to the first row searched GitExtensions settings for a way to disable/hide the toolbar,…
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Can a desktop Delphi application be certified for Windows 8 (using Windows App Certification Kit)?

Apparently, Delphi (any version) does not support safe exception handlers (/SAFESEH switch in Visual Studio). This results in a warning when using Windows Desktop App Certification Kit on Windows 8. Per certification requirements for Windows 8…
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WinJs in the browser?

After playing a bit with the new Visual Studio 11 preview, I think the most interesting question is how can I make my new javascript based app run also in the browser with minimal changes? is that possible? I suppose the idea of supporting…
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How I can make use of Microsoft Rx Framework to implement Bing Map effectively in WinRT / Windows 8

In my e-commerce application I need to plot my nearby stores in Bing map, And my another requirement is during the time of zooming and paning the map I need to update my stores based on the map centre. So for implementing this I primarily choose the…
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Where can I download WPF Performance Suite for Windows 8

The WPF Performance Suite is described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969767.aspx#installing_the_wpf_performance_suite -> how can I install it on Windows 8? (the Windows 7 SDK can't be installed and the Windows 8 SDK contains…
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Installing .net 2.0 SDK on Windows 8

Has anybody been successful in installing the .NET 2.0 SDK (x86 or x64) on Windows 8 x64? I have previously installed it without problem on all previous versions of Windows (I last installed both the x86 and x64 versions on Windows 7 x64 a couple of…
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Streaming with go-between in Windows 8

I want to stream data from a server into a MediaElement in my Windows 8 Store (formerly Metro) app. However, I need to "record" the stream while it is streaming, so it can be served from cache if re-requested, so I don't want to feed the URL…
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Call to await GetFileAsync() never returns and app hangs in WinRT app

I'm attempting to load and read a settings file on application launch, and about 90% of the time, the await GetFileAsync("filename.xml"); never returns, thus, hanging the application. About a quarter of the time, if I step through the code, it'll…
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C++ Detect when user presses arrow key

I have been having a problem with detecting arrow key presses in my C++ console application. I have tried everything I have found, both here and on other tutorial sites, but all of them give me the same thing whenever I press the arrow: Process…
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Cannot get ant installed properly for phonegap using eclipse and windows 8

Trying to use Phonegap in Eclipse on windows 8. I've created a project at C:\Development\HelloWorld. In the command line, when I type: phonegap local build android I get the following error: An error occurred during creation of android sub-project.…
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Enabling/Disabling Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport

I disabled my Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport network adapter from Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections. Just right clicked on the miniport nic and clicked disable, and its gone. Now how could I enable it? After disabling the nic,…
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