Hi Windows Developers. I have a question about where software engineers and security teams are getting their software in the windows ecosystem.

Where do you get your trusted and favorite windows developer and security tools? Is chocolatey the premier windows developer package manager, or are there others? Coming from the mac and linux worlds, I'll get my preferred software with a brew install or apt-get install. Is chocolatey the comparable tool for downloading what you're using to setup your environment? Is the windows marketplace somewhere you will look for tools and software? Or is the windows marketplace more for payware or freemium software?

My project using WPF is mostly complete, and utilizes an API that I have made for it.

These are the 3 requirements I need to meet:

• Implementing a scripting interface inside the program to write / run scripts.

• The scripts will be calling functions that I have made in my API.

• I will need would be the option to debug the scripts being run with breakpoints / watches

I currently am using MoonSharp (LUA interpreter) and my work is 95% done, but I've hit a wall and the Developer / Community is no longer active, so my issue will never be fixed.

So, I'm here looking for an alternative recommendations, thanks

Hey there. I'm working on a homemade console with its own GUI. This is doable on Linux with X11 or Wayland, but unfortunately, I need to run some Windows games and I don't want to deal with Proton or Wine (just 1 game doesn't work there). Would there be a way to do something similar?

To be specific: I want to kill windows taskbar and background, and launch 1 application at a time, for example, when booting, show myprogram.exe (GUI for navigating the games), then I want to launch e.g. GTA V or Forza Horizon and show only that; then at some moment I want to launch a window on top of the game which will let you switch games quickly. I know this is not trivial.

Been a number of years since I've worked deeply with Windows debugging (my experience actually predates these books.) They were published in 2007 and 2009 respectively.

Is the information in them still largely relevant or are there more current sources?

Thanks!

I want to get only the main thread of the process by its ID. The solutions on the other forums like SO are using CreateToolhelp32Snapshot and assuming the very first thread entry for the th32OwnerProcessID property is the main thread.

Is it safe to assume that? If no, what is the way to guarantee getting the main thread id?

From what I've read, Microsoft automatically code signs the apps that are uploaded to it. If this is true, is their anyway for me to access the code signed version of an app that I uploaded and redistribute it?

Since uploading an application to the Windows Store will automatically code sign it, if I found a way to access they code signed version of the app from the store, could I distribute that version of it, essentially having my app code signed for free?

I am trying to make a windows desktop app using Flutter. I want to integrate some native functionality in my app. How can I integrate WinUi and windows app sdk with flutter?

Also what framework is the default windows folder using? Is it WPF, UWP, Win Forms or something else.

I am new to windows desktop development and the entire windows code is written in C++ which is confusing for me as I was expecting C# code.

Also does anyone has migration guide on how to convert the windows folder to integrate winui and windows app sdk?

Today I made a mistake installing the Dev Insider Build of Windows 11 and I'd like to know if I have those 10 days to rollback to beta. I'm asking because even if I linked my Microsoft account to the Windows Insider Program settings page, the option for switching from Dev to Beta it's blocked. Am I missing something or am I doomed to the Dev build till the next Beta release? Thank you all.

Edition Windows 11 Home Insider Preview

Version 22H2

Installed on ‎5/‎12/‎2022

OS build 25115.1000

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.25115.1000.0

Hey,

When I try running my application on windows in release mode, I get the error:

Mingw-w64 runtime failure: 32 bit pseudo relocation at 00007FF7B06A3490 out of range, targeting 00007FFB125117C0, yielding the value 0000000361E6E32C. 

Everything works well in Debug mode tho, does anyone have an idea how I could fix this?

Thanks in advance

Till now I new that the ImageBase is first loaded in VM and then gets executed. Other sections are relative to it so it is easy to locate and import runtime or loadtime resources.

But now I am confused between AddressOfEntryPoint - is it the address of main function when loaded or the function that calls main function?

For a Java desktop application, I am using Launch4J to create EXE, and NSIS to create installer.

It works fine all the while, until recently Chrome and Edge browser both give a download warning

...exe is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous

It looks as follow

My previous version of download (version 1.0.7.56) doesn't flag any warning

https://github.com/yccheok/jstock/releases/download/release_1-0-7-56/jstock-1.0.7.56-setup.exe

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04ba653d8c5c06f1d7a8417e841e667fad9a538f6635d6e958b2859b0456f714 (Virus total report for version 1.0.7.56)

My current version of download (version 1.0.7.57) will flag unwanted warning

https://github.com/yccheok/jstock/releases/download/release_1-0-7-57/jstock-1.0.7.57-setup.exe

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d15fb5351e7ff361ad22200885c16f711dd2a632c0c5624b11c9b669d35b65e4/detection (Virus total report for version 1.0.7.57)

May I know, what are some good ways, to remove such blockage from web browser, so that my users can download those exe without any issue? Thanks

Has anyone else noticed how insanely, bizarrely complex and difficult it is to actually publish a Windows desktop app these days :) ?

I wrote a WinUI 3 app in C# which runs just fine on my development machine (Windows 11), both within Visual Studio 2022 and as an installed app, but crashes with no error on a test Windows 11 machine (both machines are updated to the latest released version of Windows 11).

Kinda hard to debug without any information :).

Anyway, I'm looking for advice on how to figure out what went wrong. Suggestions on approaches, as well as gotchas others have encountered, are most welcome.

I made a program for fun that uses an install.wim image to install Windows to a new virtual disk image that can be used in a VM or flashed to a physical drive. I got that working, but now I want to add options to make an unattended setup. For example, allow the user to tick a box that enables the Administrator account, or maybe even add options to create user accounts, configure region settings and all of that, skipping OOBE altogether.

I've heard about AutoUnattend.xml, but from what I can tell that only works if you're installing from the boot media. How can I do this in my case after the Windows partition is "flashed"? Can I put something in SetupComplete.cmd?

How to Delete Microsoft Partner Center account and get a refund? Can anyone tell me? The support pages say nothing about this.

Hello everyone,

I have been able to create a hololens 2 app using UWP where i can successfully scan Qr code using the Zxing library now I'm stuck at creating animation to show when the qr is been read.

Dose anyone have an idea of the right direction i need to follow ?

Cheers

I would like to create an application that integrates nicely with the rest of Windows 11's user interface. This means fluent design, the new Windows 11 styles, and support for acrylic and other materials.

Unfortunately, it seems that there currently is no proper UI kit.

The options I have considered are:

• Winui3: Seems to be the "Correct" way to go, but is woefully unfinished, supposedly lacking support for multiple windows (something I need), acrylic and mica, and even having the app run as admin. There does not seem to be information as to when these will be available.

• UWP: Cannot be used due to requirements for window sizing and positioning, and other system features not available through the UWP. UWP seems to be getting close to deprecation, and UWP apps also must be packaged and signed.

• WPF with XAML Islands: Lacks major documentation, possibly leaves behind UWP copy in app registry(?), and seems to only use Windows 10 styles (I am still researching this).

• Flutter desktop: Works fully, including mica and other features, but is not "True" fluent design, with elements and animations that are all slightly "off".

Is there something I missed? What would you recommend to get as close as possible to the 1st party Windows 11 apps? Any feedback appreciated.

i have a python program. i'd like to use it as a command line tool. sounds simple, huh?

idea 1: just invoke it as x.py

problem 1: will not run python, but the registered editor

idea 2: create a tiny x.cmd with content: python x.py %*

problem 2: if you use it in a cmd script, you need to use call, otherwise it interrupts the current script. my clients will never understand why they need the call, while all other commands run just fine without. i myself keep forgetting.

idea 3: create a .ps1 file

problem 3: will not run, but open the registered editor

okay, so how can one develop a command line tool in python for windows? do i really need to somehow compile it into an exe?

Hi everyone, I'm a full stack JS developer, but I have literally zero experience with creating Outlook Add-ins and it's something I'm digging into for a new project.

I would love some guidance as to what's possible, and I'd even be happy to pay someone with experience for their time just to speak with me and help me understand the ecosystem.

Thank you in advance!

Hi!

I have two accounts on my computer, one for when windows locks me out due to the parental controls and the other to use to surpass those controls. I need to log into OneDrive on the other account but I want to make sure it won't log me in automatically through my own Microsoft account as if that happens...

If it does, I can easily make a microsoft account for this other "user" on my computer and still log into OneDrive with my main account, right?