At Build in September 2011, Microsoft put out an architecture diagram, which in Microsoft circles has become either famous or infamous depending on your perspective. The diagram shows Windows Runtime ...

Based on the image below, and what I have seen written on most blogs in reaction to it and what MS has been saying, it seems that WinRT is assumed to be a sort-of an updated CLR/.NET for writing ...

Will WinRT thrive in the guise of UWP, or are we looking at a repeat of the demises of Silverlight and ActiveX? With the start of the Build conference a day away and the official Microsoft Build app ...

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It's been months (almost 11) since Microsoft introduced its new developer platform, anchored by the WinRT application programming interfaces, at the Build conference in September 2011. That updated ...

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Some users are facing an issue in which they are not able to open Microsoft Store apps such as Photos, Calculators, Maps, etc. They are also not able to find the Microsoft Store. In fact, they even ...

The .NET ecosystem can seem confusing as Microsoft transitions from the old Windows-only .NET Framework to an open-source, cross-platform approach filled with moving parts for a variety of targets.

Nobody expected it to make it this far.

Just two weeks after the last update, Wine 8.5 has been released with support for the WinRT dark theme. Read on to learn more about what's new in this update and how to install it on your system. If ...