Questions involving programming on Microsoft Windows technology, including its API.
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Does Microsoft have a free version of Visual Studio? [closed]
Not a trial, but a truly free version that they offer users to download....
I was wondering in case I somehow missed the option on their website. Any version of Visual Studio will do.
If not, are ...
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0answers
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Intranet CMS that uses Exchange/ActiveDirectory accounts
We use Windows/Novell for all workstations and Linux on our servers. I'd really like to have an intranet used company wide that may or may not be like a wiki, but that uses our Windows logins to let ...
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1answer
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Why are software download times estimated using dial up? [closed]
Just a curious question here. I am going to use the .NET Framwork 4.0 as an example.
When you download the web installer, it quotes the estimated speed when a user is using dial up. Why is this? ...
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1answer
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How to store other file types within a file type using Java (cross-platform)
I'm writing a program that runs/plays songs and videos. I need there to be two options, one where it stores the addresses of the files/media and another where it stores all the dependencies in its ...
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0answers
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How should I learn windows programming? [closed]
Could anyone suggest how should I learn and in what order to do following?
I want to build windows application for photo editor like photoshop(That's huge) with just two buttons of features, import ...
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0answers
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How do you guys press END key in keyboard that has END key positioned at top row? [closed]
So, as a long time Windows user (and still now), in any text editor, if I want to go to end of line, I would press CTRL+END shortcut key.
But not all laptop has comfortable END key position. ...
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3answers
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Why most use Cygwin and not Uwin?
Most academic researchers I know target just *nix, and rely on Cygwin to make their applications available on Windows. I have tried many of these projects and always found them too unstable for ...
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How does LSA authentication on Windows work? [migrated]
I'm trying to understand the security protocols on Windows from a high level as part of legal research into cybercrime, and I'm having difficulty figuring out where to focus my research.
I've already ...
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0answers
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Determine whether a COM is a In-Proc or LocalServer [migrated]
I got an application that use a COM library, just wondering how can I know whether that application use that COM library as a LocalServer or In-Proc?
I looked at the code being constructed in this ...
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3answers
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Windows Phone 8 development on Windows 7 - is it or will be possible?
I was trying to install Windows Phone 8 SDK on my Windows 7 machine and it hit me with the 'supported only on Windows 8' message. I actually wanted to develop Phone 7.5 apps on Visual Studio 2012, ...
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5answers
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which version of Windows should use I to develop an app
I need to develop a Windows application which can be installed on any version of Windows from XP through 7.
Which version of Windows should I use for application development. I'll be using ...
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5answers
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Should a programmer use the default environment?
I see a lot of programmers (and, generally, tech people) using the old "Classic theme" in Windows instead of Aero (or Luna in Windows XP) for reasons like "it is faster" or "I don't want eye-candy".
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1answer
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How to make .exe file from html5 css application? [closed]
I would like to make windows desktop application using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. I am trying
tidesdk
XULRunner
appjs
I read the documentations of these technologies. But I didn't see how to ...
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14answers
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Why do game developers prefer Windows?
Is it that DirectX is easier or better than OpenGL, even if OpenGL is cross-platform? Why do we not see real powerful games for Linux like there are for Windows?
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1answer
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Ruby manager for Windows: Is Ruby's PIK alive or dying?
At first, please forgive probably offtopic and/or notconstructive question, but I truly have no idea where to ask it. At first I targetted StackOverflow there's at least some PIK-related traffic ...
