Essentially, side-by-side assemblies are a way to ensure that a given application will always use a specific version of a DLL, particularly Windows system DLLs (such as the Common Controls), no matter ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...

So you’re ditching Windows 7 or 8 at last. That’s a good call, as the former got deep-sixed over two years ago, and the latter faces the same fate next year. Windows 10 and Windows 11 are more secure, ...