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My speculation is that MSFT couldn't get all of the desktopy things to the non-desktopy world, and had to compromise by leaving things (like setting up a pptp c
by bentcorner 14y ago
My speculation is that MSFT couldn't get all of the desktopy things to the non-desktopy world, and had to compromise by leaving things (like setting up a pptp connection) to the old control panel. My guess is that by the next release we'll see the desktop deprecated on RT devices.
- guessWhy 14y agoNo, the desktop is needed to run Microsoft Office.
- h_r 14y agoAccording to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/f... on p.36, ipc between apps is blocked for Win 8 Store apps. If this is required by an application, you have to run it in the desktop. Deprecating the desktop won't be simple if such ipc is integral to how the applications function.