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Microsoft CTO admits 1990s Win32 code still underpins Windows 11

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 ...
PC World

Windows 11 still runs on code from the 1990s, Microsoft admits

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 still relies on code from the 1990s, particularly the Win32 API from Windows 95, for basic functions like right-clicking. Microsoft CTO Mark Russinovich acknowledges ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 'Win32 app isolation' security feature now in preview

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 ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft: Windows 11 Still Runs on 1990s Code

Microsoft says Win32 remains central to Windows decades later, showing how compatibility still shapes Windows 11 and enterprise apps. Microsoft has long promoted Windows 11 as its most advanced ...