Microsoft's Win32 API dates back to Windows 95, and a senior exec says nobody expected it to still be essential in 2026.

'We were thinking flying cars and moon stations by the year 2026, not Win32.' ...

Legacy code revealed: Microsoft's CTO confirmed Windows 11 still depends on Win32, a 30-year-old API from the Windows 95 era. Compatibility over change: Attempts to replace Win32 failed due to the ...

Microsoft admits it didn't expect Win32 to survive until 2026. After years of RAM-heavy web apps, Windows 11 is going back to ...

Microsoft admits nobody expected Win32 to remain a core part of Windows in 2026 as the company pivots back toward native apps ...

Mm, I can't recommend a good website (besides msdn.microsoft.com), but I will say that I find an easy way to learn stuff like this is to find a need first - what specific application or tool do you ...

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Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Win32 app isolation, a new Windows 11 security feature designed to sandbox Windows desktop applications using the Win32 API. Recently announced during ...

Non-packaged Win32 applications have a serious challenge in accessing many sought-after Windows APIs and features. The likes of BackgroundTasks, Notifications, LiveTiles, Share and more, are either ...

Microsoft says Win32 remains central to Windows decades later, showing how compatibility still shapes Windows 11 and ...