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A modern, resource-efficient REST API client for Windows

https://github.com/jenius-apps/nightingale-rest-api-client

#1ospd #opensource #csharp #dotnet #nightingalerestclient #restapi #uwp #windows10 #windows11 #winui #xaml

It seams #Microsoft doesn't allow anymore to associate the legacy #notepad c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe with the .csv file type. Not even after I removed the #AI bloated #UWP version of Notepad from the system.

This is fine.

💩 Meta just killed native WhatsApp on Windows 11, now it opens WebView, uses 1GB RAM all the time

｢ My understanding is that the recent layoffs at Mark Zuckerberg-headed Meta likely disbanded the entire team behind the native WhatsApp. I don’t see any other reason why Meta would abandon its native app for Windows. Meta will save costs by maintaining the web app codebase on Windows, but you’re going to hate the experience ｣

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/12/meta-just-killed-native-whatsapp-on-windows-11-now-it-opens-webview-uses-1gb-ram-all-the-time/

#UWP #electron #meta #enshittification

Anyone here with #WinRT knowledge?
If I have e.g. com:ComInterface and com4:ComInterface registered, does com4 on supported systems override the com declaration?

#Windows #Win32 #UWP #MSIX

this new #WhatsApp for #Windows crashes permanently for me. I don't know the reason, but given its inconvenience... I wouldn't say it's an absolute disaster (I can use it still), but comparing to the #UWP app it's a nightmare.

So You Want To Build a Windows GUI in ~~2022~~ 2025

i think i will stick with WinForms for another decade or two then

source: https://vxtwitter.com/reillywood/status/1485485529206382592

blogpost: https://www.reillywood.com/blog/windows-ui-frameworks/

original author: @reillywood

#wpf #winform #UWP #WinUI3 #WinUI #windows #ui #userinterface

Okayokay #Microsoft, how can you fuck up #Windows so badly?

User complains "Task Manager autostart settings have no effect on your application"

User checks HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
And both keys, SupportFullTrustStartupTasks and EnableFullTrustStartupTasks, are missing.
Recreates it, and autostart works again.

In fact, everything except "HideFastUserSwitching" and "DisableAutomaticRestartSignOn" were missing.

HOW!?

#Win32 #UWP

quicktipp #104: opening the classic Windows notepad.exe on Windows 11 (instead of the new modern Notepad app) with `classic.exe`.

https://github.com/christian-korneck/classic-windows-notepad

#windows11 #windows #win32 #notepad #app #apps #uwp #metro #modernapp #microsoft #windows10

Working on a small util app for #nearshare on #Windows to simplify the usage of Nearby Sharing on Windows (e.g. send files from your clipboard, drag'n'drop, etc).

It's a #WinUI 3 app on #UWP.

https://github.com/nearby-sharing/windows

#dotnet

🎉 The Windows Community Toolkit is 9 years old! | by Michael Hawker

https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions/722

#windowsdev #wct #communitytoolkit #winui #uwp #unoplatform #dotnet

🦙 #WindowsDev did you know the #WindowsCommunityToolkit is 9 years old?! 🎉 Learn about the whole history from start to now here: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions/722 #WinUI #UnoPlatform #UWP #dotnet #MVVM #XAML #Windows

@helge The introduction of #UWP apps in Win8 added a whole new look and feel to windows, but it was also basically impossible for developers of existing apps to trivially adopt the new UWP XAML.
So instead of trying to target UWP, devs ended up targeting web. Now Windows is trying to fix that with #WindowsAppSDK, but the damage was done. People aren't building native Windows apps anymore.
The goals of UWP were righteous - one app for desktop, phone and xbox. But the cons didnt outweigh the pros

Do you want to use your #Google #Stadia controller with your #windows #gamepass and #uwp apps?

No problem: Just install this simple mapping into your registry:
https://github.com/ShortDevelopment/stadia-winrt

@jscholes I'd prefer 141 checkboxes over an interface where you can't Shift+Tab back to the place where you started tabbing from (hello #UWP applications).

@lettuce point is #Apple - unlike #Microsoft with #WinRT & #UWP - knows how to attract #developers and maintain a "#premium #platform" with excellent, free toolchains [#Xcode!] to get running.

• Whereas with #Windows and espechally #WindowsMobile, development was seen as an essential chore and #3rdParty #Apps got sales because Microsoft refused to make their own okay options.

Windows Community Toolkit 8.2 is here!

The new release has updated dependencies, .NET 9 support for UWP applications and Native AOT compilation.

🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/433t7b9

#dotnet #WindowsToolkit #UWP #InfoQ

Windows UWP Maps Control Deprecation Announcement | Bing.

https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2025-04/Windows-UWP-Maps-Control-Deprecation-Announcement

#windowsdev #uwp #xaml #dotnet #csharp #cpp #bingmaps

@BernieDoesIt @Catvalente there is:

• REFUSE TO RELEASE ON #iOS UNTIL THE TERMS ARE CHANGED!

As with every #Platform, #Software makes #OperatingSystems and the #OperatingSystem makes #Hardware.

• This worked with #WindowsPhone and #UWP: everyone refused to build #Apps for it and thus it died pretty quickly.

And if you want to say that's not an option, take a look at #AltStore which automates all the necessary work to perpetually #sideload any #App on iOS in a noob-friendly way.

Remember: "Everyone else does it" never was and never will be a valid excuse for any shit system!

• Also you could just refuse to offer the sales on Apple's platform and add any "#Premium Features" post-launch with your own payment & licensing infrastructure. If you're big enough or small enough you may get away with it. #NotLegalAdvice

Otherwise band together with other #developers and coordinate.

• Cuz #WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue!

And if you allow Apple to exploit you harder than #Valve, then you normalize that shit!

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.2 | by Michael Hawker.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/announcing-windows-community-toolkit-v8-2/

#xaml #windowsdev #dotnet #oss #windev #winui #uwp #aot