Additional updates to the story are below, including the version of security intelligence updates required to fix Win32/Hive.ZY false positive. A bad Microsoft Defender signature update mistakenly ...

Microsoft has begun chopping at the roots of the UWP apps that populate the Microsoft Store, as it quietly announced plans to stop monetizing them using its own ad platform. That’s opened the door for ...

Microsoft Store will now manage updates for Win32 apps Developers will have to opt-in to allow Microsoft Store to update apps It will be free to publish new apps on Microsoft's platforms starting in ...

For months, many pundits, partners and customers have wondered aloud whether Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform (UWP) has a future. Officially, the story is UWP is alive and well. But the Win32 ...

If this is true, it opens up a Pandora’s box of problems alongside the benefits. What is the future of Microsoft’s Xbox consoles? A lot of PlayStation fans are eager to discourse about how the console ...

Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Win32 app isolation, a new Windows 11 security feature designed to sandbox Windows desktop applications using the Win32 API. Recently announced during ...

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The Microsoft Store will also begin accepting Win32 games, not just the more restrictive Universal Windows Apps. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Microsoft’s Kevin Gallo said on Wednesday that Win32 “desktop” programs can now be purchased in the Windows Store. These aren’t apps that were built from the ground up for Windows 10, but software and ...

Microsoft is opening up old Win32 APIs long used for 32-bit Windows programming, letting coders use languages of their choice instead of the default C/C++ option or individual workarounds. As its name ...

Microsoft is opening up old Win32 APIs long used for 32-bit Windows programming, letting coders use languages of their choice instead of the default C/C++ option or individual workarounds. As its name ...