I actually bought this particular book to make sense of the mess (i.e. 80% of the API surface missing), but of course it did not help here. The way to brigde UW

I actually bought this particular book to make sense of the mess (i.e. 80% of the API surface missing), but of course it did not help here. The way to brigde UWP and regular Win32 APIs was described in this utterly kafkaesque document[0], which was the point where I decided that this is a complete deadend. I implore anyone to read it, and remember: this was the solution to a problem that could have been solved by importing a DLL in any sane ecosystem. [0] https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/uwp/winrt-components/brokered-windows-runtime-components-for-side-loaded-windows-store-apps https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/uwp/winrt-component...