microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples

Feature samples for the Windows App SDK

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Dominant language: PowerShell
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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55 issues indexed so far

[WinML] Dependency resolution issues w/ Python sample Open

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#595 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 19, 2026
NVIDIA EP (NvTensorRtRtxExecutionProvider) not auto-downloaded on clean system Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#589 · Opened Jan 30, 2026
[Bug Report] Weather Widget Sample: Pinned widget shows "Pin" action after restart and creates a duplicate empty instance Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#584 · Opened Jan 14, 2026
Draft an outstanding GitHub profile README Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#580 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 22, 2025
[WinML] SqueezeNet .targets file needs refactoring to move away from Copy tasks Open

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#569 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 10, 2025
Does anyone have a working example of using Restart API for Microsoft Store updates? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#568 · Opened Nov 10, 2025
AMD NPU EP download error——Error: VitisAIExecutionProvider is not available on this system. Open

area-winml

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#561 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2025
Projects depend on "Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" version "10.0.26100.2161" which doesn't exist Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#558 · Opened Oct 14, 2025
build.cmd and VS builds have different 'packages' folders Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#553 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 9, 2025
A mix of Windows SDK's are needed to build the samples Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#552 · Opened Oct 8, 2025
Ensure Publish is working for Windows ML samples Open

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#551 · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 8, 2025
Samples use unsupported WindowsAppSDK releases Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#550 · Opened Oct 8, 2025
Samples use unsupported RuntimeIdentifiers (RIDs) - `win10-*` Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#548 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 8, 2025
Samples use EOL'd TargetFrameworks Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#547 · Opened Oct 8, 2025
Rust support in the SDK? Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#536 · Opened Sep 25, 2025
Samples/WindowsML/cpp/CppConsoleDesktop[.FrameworkDependent] are not able to load providers Open

area-winml

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#533 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 24, 2025
ExecutionProviderCatalog.GetDefault() on Copilot PC Open

area-winml

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#506 · Opened Aug 21, 2025
Errors in build.cmd Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#505 · Opened Aug 21, 2025
Request for complex XAML Islands sample combining WPF and WinUI controls in the same window Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#500 · Opened Aug 4, 2025
Results are not correct while enabling NPU mode for windowsML sample code Open

area-winml

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#498 · Opened Aug 4, 2025
In the experimental branch the OAuth2Manager.RequestAuthWithParamsAsync never returns Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#496 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 26, 2025
Cannot build WindowsML projects Open

area-winml

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#493 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 17, 2025
New Modern SceneGraph Sample Gallery App & Design Confirmation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#488 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 9, 2025
[WinML] NU1102 errors observed with C# samples Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#487 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 9, 2025
[WinML] Debug break observed on QNN device (ARM64) w/ CppResnetDemo app Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#486 · Opened Jul 9, 2025
A number of samples have TargetPlatformVersion 10.0.22000.0, we should bump those to the latest Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#456 · Opened Apr 24, 2025
(Winui3/C++) How to correctly initialize the data of the window class (e.g., MainWindow). Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#436 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 6, 2025
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/apis/model-setup says you need .net 8.1 or higher but you actually need 8.1 Open

area-windowscopilotruntime

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#411 · Opened Feb 21, 2025
Photo-Editor Sample Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas Namespace and depending things are not available, sample not usable! Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#391 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 20, 2024
Issue with nuget restore (Unable to load the service index for source ...Reunion.nuget.internal/nuget/v3/index.json) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#385 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Login and Navigation Infrastructure Windows App SDK (WinUI 3) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#370 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 9, 2024
Unhandled exception - winrt::hresult_class_not_registered at memory location Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#368 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 4, 2024
Self-Contained Deployment with dotnet 8 Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#365 · Opened Jul 17, 2024
Windows Widgets samples does not work in Visual Studio 2022 Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#363 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 10, 2024
Windows11 widget(adaptive card) cannot update widget page when the widget is exposed Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#362 · Opened Jul 8, 2024
Duplicate Reference Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#355 · Opened May 11, 2024
Unpackaged C++-applications can't activate C#-runtime components Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#331 · Opened Apr 5, 2024
How to add .net library to the Win32 application Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#328 · Opened Mar 13, 2024
Fix the UpdateVersions.* scripts to make them more useful Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#326 · Opened Mar 1, 2024
Pinning widget after deploy rise NullReferenceException Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#322 · Opened Jan 3, 2024
WinUI 3 controls in Simple Island App are invisible until focused Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#320 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 26, 2023
PushNotifications sample says to request WNS channel using Azure AppId instead of Azure ObjectId Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#305 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 4, 2023
Please add Sample for WindowsApp with GenericHost and EntityFramework Core Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#302 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 8, 2023
how to register WindowsApp runtime classes? Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#294 · Opened Apr 26, 2023
About the self-starting function registration of the application Open

sample request

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#289 · Opened Mar 14, 2023
Mica Sample: cpp-win32 builds but fails to run! Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#280 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 19, 2023
Proposal: More Sample Code for WinUI3 desktop app, not UWP. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#277 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 23, 2022
MIssing DLL for Restart ?? Open

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microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#274 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 8, 2022
"Samples\Content\cpp-win32\Squares\Squares.vcxproj" doesn't configure precompiled headers correctly Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#271 · Opened Nov 28, 2022
Windowing/cpp-winui sample app crashing on launch Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples#270 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 15, 2022

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