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> Yes, Apps can't do that.

I have AutoHotKey and ShareX. The first reads keystrokes from anywhere, and the second takes screenshots from anywhere and anything.

It's pretty clear that Windows applications most definitely can do that.



The parent comment is (slightly obtusely) talking about "UWP Apps", which are installed from the store and have mobile-style "sandboxing". Normal Win32 applications can of course use SetWindowsHookEx() and the DirectDraw screen functions to take over your screen.


> The parent comment is (slightly obtusely) talking about "UWP Apps", which are installed from the store and have mobile-style "sandboxing".

And if he is, that's an absolutely academical points as 99% of all Windows-users runs zero applications from the store.

Nothing like an imaginary straw-man argument on the internet, eh? :)




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