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1. orra+V5[view] [source] 2023-05-24 16:22:36
>>pjmlp+(OP)
Windows 8 and UWP weren't ever popular, but Microsoft is having a little more success parcelling up UWP:

* .appx became .msix; the latter also works for Win32 apps

* UWP XAML/GUI evolved into WinUI, v3 of which doesn't target UWP

* Win32 app isolation—this news—grew out of AppContainers, which were used by UWP apps

That said, what's new here? You could package (.msix) Win32 apps with partial trust, IIRC. Does this remove the need for packaging?

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2. within+5b1[view] [source] 2023-05-24 22:14:15
>>orra+V5
You are correct that Win32 apps were already supported in AppContainer. What's new here is that a handful of Win32 APIs are now slowly getting plumbed into the capability system. This means Win32 apps that currently ship packaged as needing "full trust" can, if supported, reduce the requested capabilities to those that are supported by Win32 App Isolation (e.g., "system tray access").
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