What's new in Windows 10 for desktop Win32 app developers

This article provides information about what's new for desktop Win32 app developers starting in Windows 10. For additional information about what's new the latest release of Windows 10, see the following resources:

• What's cool in Windows 10
• What's new in Windows 10 for UWP developers

New Win32 APIs for Windows 10

The following articles contain info about new Win32 APIs that were introduced starting in Windows 10:

• What's new in accessibility
• What's new in Direct3D 12
• What's new in DirectXMath
• What's new in Direct2D
• What's new in DirectWrite
• What's new in Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
• What's new in Power Management
• What's new in Native Wifi
• What's new in Event tracing
• What's new in Task Scheduler
• What's new in Windows Imaging Component (WIC)

Related topics

• Get started with Win32 desktop Windows apps
• What's cool in Windows 10
• Windows API reference
• Windows API index