Win8.1’s WinMD files can be found under the following directory: C:\Windows\System32\WinMetadata.Create a bootable USB drive from the ISO file and Install it on a nearby machine.Download the latest Windows 8.1 “leaked” image.This entire article is based upon using Reflection to see those API differences. It’s possible to get to Win8.1’s WinMD files and then compare them to the existing Windows 8 RTM WinMD files.
Windows 8.1 images contain WinMD files describing their embedded Windows 8.1 developers APIs. For the length of this article we’ll go over those features. These “leaked” images allows us to get a sneak preview of the featuresets that’ll be announced in BUILD conference. In the meanwhile many Windows 8.1 “leaked” images are available online.
Microsoft recently announced that during June 2013’s BUILD conference a developer preview of Windows 8.1 will be released for download. In this article we’ll review new developer WinRT features that’ll be released in the upcoming Windows 8 release (dubbed “Windows 8.1” / “Windows Blue”). Pre-beta Windows 8.1 WinRT Developer APIs Pre-beta Windows 8.1 WinRT Developer APIs Justin