Liliputing

Win32 apps are coming to the Microsoft Store, but they won’t receive updates through the Store

The Microsoft Store is a combination of app store, game store and movie store. And when Windows 11 debuts later this year, it’ll bring an updated user interface. But it’ll also bring support for more ...
PC World

Microsoft shovels more dirt on UWP apps, leaving Win32 apps as the future once again

Microsoft has begun chopping at the roots of the UWP apps that populate the Microsoft Store, as it quietly announced plans to stop monetizing them using its own ad platform. That’s opened the door for ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 'Win32 app isolation' security feature now in preview

Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Win32 app isolation, a new Windows 11 security feature designed to sandbox Windows desktop applications using the Win32 API. Recently announced during ...
ZDNet

Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'

For months, many pundits, partners and customers have wondered aloud whether Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform (UWP) has a future. Officially, the story is UWP is alive and well. But the Win32 ...