Windows 10

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

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

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