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Develop desktop applications and drivers

  • Article
  • 09/15/2014
  • 2 minutes to read

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Application installation and servicing

Audio and video

Data access and storage

Diagnostics

Documents and printing

Graphics and gaming

Networking and Internet

Security and identity

System Services

Desktop App UI

Desktop environment

Windows 8 and 8.1 API Index


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In this article

  • Previous Versions
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
  • © Microsoft 2023