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Basically nobody is using it: > While TxF is a powerful set of APIs, there has been extremely limited developer interest in this API platform since Windows Vis

Basically nobody is using it: > While TxF is a powerful set of APIs, there has been extremely limited developer interest in this API platform since Windows Vista primarily due to its complexity and various nuances which developers need to consider as part of application development. > As a result, Microsoft is considering deprecating TxF APIs in a future version of Windows to focus development and maintenance efforts on other features and APIs which have more value to a larger majority of customers.

adontz 6y ago
Actually, it is hard to remove it, since Windows Update is dependent on it. "TxF is presently deprecated, but the functionality is still available. We don't recommend disabling this feature on the C: volume." Microsoft supports APIs which were declared deprecated for decades. However, I totally agree in "Basically nobody is using it" part. It's because it was not properly implemented in .Net Framework. And now, when .Net Core is multiplatform, i.e. worst of all worlds, chances it will be implemented are very close to zero. ReFS does not support TxF. Windows has a lot of awesome APIs which are accessible only to C/C++ and are not advertised well.