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> on Windows 10, CreateFileFromApp() and CreateFile2FromApp() should be used instead, otherwise the application won't run from the store. So? If you dislike t

> on Windows 10, CreateFileFromApp() and CreateFile2FromApp() should be used instead, otherwise the application won't run from the store. So? If you dislike the app store monopolies, it's stupid to herd your users into the store. Tell your users that your app is too sophisticated to run in dummy mode. Bonus: Sell to all the Win7 holdouts. If you love app stores (monopoly rents be damned), you rank the store ecosystems and then never write a Windows version.

pjmlp 8y ago
You missed the part that given how things turned out, thanks to Project Centennial, there is an ongoing process to bring store containers to whole user space, MSIX. So regardless of Win32 or UWP, everything will eventually be sandboxed. Windows 7 is the new XP.
- user5994461 8y ago
  CreateFile() is not deprecated. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3... OpenFile() could be considered deprecated but the official documentation doesn't mark it as deprecated. You missed the point that these API have been stable for decades and software will continue to work without any change.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    > CreateFile() is not deprecated. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3.. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3.... "OpenFile() has been deprecated and replaced by CreateFile(), which was superseded by CreateFile2()." I never said CreateFile() was deprecated. Superseded is not the same thing. > OpenFile() could be considered deprecated but the official documentation doesn't mark it as deprecated. "Note This function has limited capabilities and is not recommended. For new application development, use the CreateFile function." Looks pretty much an euphemism for deprecated. > You missed the point that these API have been stable for decades and software will continue to work without any change. Not when Windows puts a container around what they can see.
- YouAreGreat 8y ago
  > Windows 7 is the new XP Win7 is a focal point of some importance: It's where developers who don't want to be pushed into app store indentured servitude join up with the Windows compatible systems, Wine and ReactOS. Everything before Win7 is not a focal point because it's too old. Everything after Win7 is not a focal point because nobody can handle the update threadmill. By elimination, it's Win7. Win7 is not the new XP; it's the future of stability-oriented Windows compatible computing.

pjmlp 8y ago

You missed the part that given how things turned out, thanks to Project Centennial, there is an ongoing process to bring store containers to whole user space, MSIX. So regardless of Win32 or UWP, everything will eventually be sandboxed. Windows 7 is the new XP.

user5994461 8y ago
CreateFile() is not deprecated. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3... OpenFile() could be considered deprecated but the official documentation doesn't mark it as deprecated. You missed the point that these API have been stable for decades and software will continue to work without any change.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  > CreateFile() is not deprecated. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3.. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa3.... "OpenFile() has been deprecated and replaced by CreateFile(), which was superseded by CreateFile2()." I never said CreateFile() was deprecated. Superseded is not the same thing. > OpenFile() could be considered deprecated but the official documentation doesn't mark it as deprecated. "Note This function has limited capabilities and is not recommended. For new application development, use the CreateFile function." Looks pretty much an euphemism for deprecated. > You missed the point that these API have been stable for decades and software will continue to work without any change. Not when Windows puts a container around what they can see.
YouAreGreat 8y ago
> Windows 7 is the new XP Win7 is a focal point of some importance: It's where developers who don't want to be pushed into app store indentured servitude join up with the Windows compatible systems, Wine and ReactOS. Everything before Win7 is not a focal point because it's too old. Everything after Win7 is not a focal point because nobody can handle the update threadmill. By elimination, it's Win7. Win7 is not the new XP; it's the future of stability-oriented Windows compatible computing.