The scariest part of Windows might just be its most useful tool.
No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...
Mention “the registry” to PC users, and they’ll probably think of standing in line for license plates, not the set of configuration files built into Microsoft Corp.’s operating systems. And Microsoft ...
From MSI installers to AppX, MSIX, and the modern Microsoft Store: the full history of how Windows learned to package apps.