You need to check whatever half-arsed framework "that will be universal and encompass everything" Microsoft is promoting this specific month, and then violently

You need to check whatever half-arsed framework "that will be universal and encompass everything" Microsoft is promoting this specific month, and then violently ignore it and use proven things like wxWidgets or WinForms instead. (There is no native look and feel on Windows any more. Microsoft pissed on that concept a long time ago.)