Microsoft has deprecated the UWP Map control API in Windows. Windows applications using that feature to embed Bing maps will stop receiving updated maps, and they will eventually stop working entirely ...

Early this month, Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell on Windows developers: the new Windows 8 touch-friendly immersive style would use a developer platform not based on .NET, which Microsoft ...

The MSDN documentation provides the details of Windows API functions and structures as C++ definitions. To make use of these, you need to be able to translate these definitions into VB.NET or C# ...

Every operating system places requirements on device drivers. Here's a quick tour of the Windows CE rulebook. Microsoft Windows CE is a modular and scalable operating system that supports a variety of ...

When you call Windows API functions, they don't throw managed exceptions. Instead, you need to check their return values for any indication of an error, and take the appropriate actions, which might ...

Application-specific configuration information has historically been stored in INI files, which are plain-text files that contain key/value data within sections. In Windows, the registry has replaced ...