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AppUrlHandlers
Monday, November 6, 2017
The promise of web-to-app linking is that a developer can associate an app with a website. That way when you load the website the app will launch. Really cool! However, the sad truth of the matter is that you have to do a Windows Key + R to Run the website. Normally I, and I assume most people, go to their browser to view websites. There’s simply no point in running the web page.…more
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Installing Windows 10 from a Flash Drive
Thursday, July 20, 2017
8 and a half years ago I wrote about Installing Windows from a Flash Drive. These instructions have served very well for all that time. Like most things, however, times change and instructions that used to work need tweaking. I recently got a Microsoft Surface Laptop and it’s a great machine. The first thing I did was to upgrade from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro. Then I installed a Windows Insiders build on it and that’s when things started going bad.…more
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Windows CompactOverlay Mode
Thursday, March 2, 2017
The Creators Update of Windows is coming soon. One of the new features coming with it is a way to keep your UWP app on the screen above all other windows. It’s called CompactOverlay mode, but you probably know it better as Picture-in-Picture. All of the examples that I’ve found online of how to do CompactOverlay mode (all? I mean all one of them) is written in C#. In my work on a day to day basis I work in JavaScript.…more