Microsoft is opening up old Win32 APIs long used for 32-bit Windows programming, letting coders use languages of their choice instead of the default C/C++ option or individual workarounds. As its name ...

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.

With Project Reunion, Microsoft has rolled up the Win32 API with the UWP API, so developers can add modern features like the Share panel to their desktop apps.

The Win32 API, which is now formally known as the Windows API, is the original standard for developing and running 32-bit applications on Windows since the Windows 95 era.

The Win32 API (used for what is often called "classic Windows desktop development") was the original C/C++ platform for native Windows apps, providing close-to-the-metal performance with direct access ...