Rafael Rivera
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Forward engineer by day, reverse engineer by night. Le Cordon Bleu. Windows Dev MVP alum. 🎮 Submachine: Legacy (affil. link )
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Latest Windows build (Canary) removes artificial FAT32 partition size limitation!
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You can plant a few of your favorite DLLs into \Downloads and bounce off those shiny new Microsoft Store installers 👍
ncrypt.dll, cryptsp.dll, cryptbase.dll, bcrypt.dll, msvcp140_clr0400.dll, profapi.dll, en\StoreInstaller.resources.dll, d3d9.dll, etc.
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The Microsoft Store team has started quietly wrapping apps, like EarTrumpet, with some malware-looking .NET executable wrapper (with my app's name of course) chock full of telemetry and other code. They also target netfx 4.7.2 when my app targets netfx 4.6.2, wtf?
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Not sure about this story. The Start Menu branding bitmap variants shipped in Windows NT, Windows 2000, etc.
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Microsoft has quietly tweaked its app installer executable. Altered dll search path in an attempt to mitigate my finding, added new icon, etc.
I continue to have no comms from that team, despite reaching out.
Previous threads:
The Microsoft Store team has started quietly wrapping apps, like EarTrumpet, with some malware-looking .NET executable wrapper (with my app's name of course) chock full of telemetry and other code. They also target netfx 4.7.2 when my app targets netfx 4.6.2, wtf?
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@timmisiak
Yep, and some stories have accuracy issues (e.g. )
Not sure about this story. The Start Menu branding bitmap variants shipped in Windows NT, Windows 2000, etc.
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Windows App for Windows, lol.
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There are plenty of reasons to skewer Microsoft, but this isn't one of them. Here, Microsoft is blocking unreliable high crash rate software that is extremely sensitive to OS changes.
Fixing the bugs and revving the version number is likely all that's needed here (this time).
By
@TarasBuria
- Microsoft appears to be blocking even more apps for customizing the user interface in Windows 11 24H2. Users noticed that ExplorerPatcher joined the recently blocked StartAllBack app.
#Microsoft
#Windows11
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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
Support ends March 5, 2025.
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Microsoft's claim that the EU is to blame for not allowing them to lock down kernel mode seems like misdirection. I believe that if CrowdStrike had access to better Windows APIs, we'd be in a better position today.
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"Off by default" is the kiss of death. My condolences to the team who undoubtedly worked hard on all this. I hope I'm wrong.
Today, we’re sharing an update on the Recall (preview) feature for Copilot+ PCs. We're committed to innovation and believe in having big ideas. Equally important is our dedication to listening and adapting based on valuable feedback ensuring that our products, like Windows, not
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Build 2024: Qualcomm Announces $899.99 Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows
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I think Microsoft has been confirming this for almost 10 years now.
Microsoft confirms the Windows Control Panel, which debuted in 1985 with Windows 1.0, is "in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app" (Sayan Sen / Neowin)
📫 Subscribe:
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Tip: You can type CTRL+R to redact any selected individual words when in Snipping Tool's Text Actions mode.
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It's finally here! Trusted Signing Public Preview! (f.k.a. Azure Code Signing)
Cheapest way to sign ~anything. I've been working with the team for, gosh, 3 years now. EarTrumpet builds are signed using this; was easy to set up and forget.
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I remember when "ZoRoNaX" and I stayed up all night in a hotel manually tracing Windows Sidebar on Vista with OllyDbg, and re-implementing the missing Win32 APIs to get it running on Windows XP. Good times.
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Microsoft: Windows App SDK 1.6 will not have Copilot Runtime APIs announced at BUILD.
APIs may ship for non-production preview in mid-September. With the holidays quickly approaching, and no sign of Recall in Insider channels, production ready APIs may not ship until 2025.
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A Microsoft Surface Laptop (7th ed.) thread to group random thoughts. Refer to Paul and friends for actual reviews! 🧵
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Am working to abandon wapproj altogether, just discovered makeappx.exe still lacks support for MRT. <slaps forehead> It's just one land mine after another. We so desperately need a Longhorn reset for Windows app development.
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Typical Microsoft dysfunction: Ships HDR wallpaper feature, talks it up in marketing material, ships zero HDR wallpapers inbox on its brand new hardware.
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My yearly reminder that the MVP program cut ties without explanation. Their no-communication policy sows fear and discourages constructive feedback, hindering the company's ability to benefit from expert insights and just fosters a culture of conformity.
Thankfully, the usual Microsoft MVPs that I follow got renewed.
It is still sad that
@MVPAward
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@WithinRafael
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Update: Microsoft has now documented this experiment
Microsoft claims it's opt-in only, but it affected me, and I didn't opt-in, so something is wrong here.
@dabjulmaros
Very good question. Developers can choose how they want their badge to behave. Only badges with launchMode=direct will use the new Store installer for the web.
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