You will need it, because since Windows Vista, most new APIs are COM based, as they redid Longhorn ideas in C++ instead of .NET, and WinRT also builds upon it.
Classical Win32 C API surface, with some exceptions, is mostly stuck in Windows XP view of the world.
WTL and ATL also, especially if you need to do com stuff
You will need it, because since Windows Vista, most new APIs are COM based, as they redid Longhorn ideas in C++ instead of .NET, and WinRT also builds upon it.
Classical Win32 C API surface, with some exceptions, is mostly stuck in Windows XP view of the world.