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pjmlp01/03/20261 replyview on HN

Win32 is basically frozen on Windows XP.

Since Vista most newer APIs are done in COM, or WinRT nowadays.


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trinix91201/03/2026

I remember a thin book describing changes to the API in Vista and 7 compared to XP and it was really thin. Just a few extra APIs to be able to show controls in the taskbar preview and things like that. Win32 is a stable API and I hope they don't let anyone from the Windows 11 modernization team touch it.

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