Windows 10: Windows Bridge for Desktop

Windows Bridge for Desktop
Bring your desktop app to the Universal Windows Platform

Convert your desktop app to a UWP app and enhance it with features such as Live Tiles, notifications, Cortana, and more!

Benefits of converting a desktop app to a UWP app:

Source: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-u...ridges/desktop

 

I see this as the beginning to an end of Windows of the past...

As early stated in other posts, Microsoft has had push back from game developers, because Microsoft has been pushing to remove Legacy support, as to make game developers only supply games via the Windows store. The caveat to all of this, is that Microsoft wants 1/3 cut of all apps sold in the store. So, lets say you used to pay $60 for a game, if you are forced to buy via the Windows Store, MS wants a 1/3 of that, so game developers now have to sell that game for $80 to make up the difference.

Now I see this article as basically saying, MS is trying to transition all the Legacy desktop applications developers into a new metro tiled app model form. Ultimately, doing the same thing, making things only available via the Windows Store, hence adding themselves as the new middle man for any Windows application. (whatever happen to 'cut out the middle man')

And some people wonder, why I am not a fan of Windows 10. FREE windows 10, LOL.

This MS spiel that Windows 10 is FREE, is bunk. Windows 10 isn't free, it is an exchange program. You simply exchange one license for another, and MS ultimate goal is to remove all legacy applications and support so everything is purchased via the store, costing the consumer higher prices. That is my opinion, and I think this article helps demonstrate that point.

:)

 

Problems Bridging Two Computers

When attempting to bridge my laptop to my new desktop I get a message saying "Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration" what should I do? The Laptop I am trying to bridge from is running Windows 10 and the Desktop I am trying to bridge to is running
Windows 7

 

How can I delete certain windows 10 system files?

I was trying the Windows 10 Desktop Bridge to see whether I can convert a WPF program into a UWA. Well, the Desktop Bridge program did not install/work properly but failed and left me with huge "image" folders containing the Windows operating system folders
and files.

And because I am not going to use the Desktop Bridge software I need to delete these "image" folders that occupy several GBs.

However, I have not found a way to get rid of them as Windows blocks their deletion. I used my administrator privileges to no avail; not even in Safe mode deletion worked.

And there is no support about this issue on the web site dealing with the Desktop Bridge.

So, right now I am stuck.

 

Here we go again. . .*really

 

I know.. the sky is falling,, again.


It's not like all of the desktop software is going to get ported over to apps.

 

Don't forget the ten device limit for apps in the store.

 

I am not saying it will be all (at least not any time soon) but "One platform to rule them all" is their moto
Mark my words....

Why else has MS ventured into the Android world so much, and now trying to weasle it's way into Linux, everything I see points to this direction. I am not saying they will be successful, LOL, obviously thus far they haven't been (the Windows Store is a disaster). I just believe it is their desire to try and achieve it.

The Cloud and Store apps is their goal for the masses. IMHO

 

UPDATE: Tom's Hardware just posted updated information regarding the completion of this project by MS as of late.

Full report seen at: Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Features With Desktop Bridge

The TH report also links to the Windows Developer blog published 2 days earlier with an embedded video seen and read in full at: Apps built using the Desktop Bridge now available in the Windows Store! | Building Apps for Windows