Top "Windows-8" questions

The successor to Microsoft Windows 7 that focuses on a new interface style for touch-based devices and tablets.

Parsing data for Android L failed.Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

After installing ADT Plugin for Eclipse, I tried to make a new Hello world Android app. But I met with …

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MVC 4 website with .NET 4.5 on IIS 8 in Windows 8 gives 403.14 forbidden error

I have a website that I built in Visual Studio 2012 using MVC 4 and .NET framework 4.5. When I try to run …

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Run Visual Studio on Microsoft Surface?

It seems like Windows 8 is all about developers. But I didn't realize a small thing: can Visual Studio 2012 be launched …

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filter in tasklist.exe does not take wildcards?

OS: Windows XP, Windows 7 64bit. We have some fairly hefty cmd scripts that are used for some daily build processes. …

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Windows 8.1 unable to install .NET Framework 3.5 0*800F0906

After trying to install .net 3.5 via the program and features (see below). I was getting unable to install error 800F0906 …

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What must I do to make my methods awaitable?

How can I roll my own async awaitable methods? I see that writing an async method is easy as pie …

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How to set the default directory of the cd command in Windows cmd terminal?

The cmd command cd takes me to a directory I never spend any time in. I would like it to …

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Cannot get ant installed properly for phonegap using eclipse and windows 8

Trying to use Phonegap in Eclipse on windows 8. I've created a project at C:\Development\HelloWorld. In the command line, …

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Unable to Activate Windows Store App

I installed a retail version of Windows 8 Pro. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Express 2012. I asked for and received …

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How to get the resolution of screen? For a WinRT app?

I want to know the screen resolution so that I can set the height of an element according to the …

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