Good luck even opening it without signing in to a Microsoft account.
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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recently, I need to remote desktop from Mac to Windows, and I was searching around for products, and I came across a blog post recommending Windows App, and I had no fucking idea what it was. I thought it may have been a windows 8 app that is discontinued. The geniuses at microsoft SUCK at naming. Xbox, Xbox 360, xbox One (which was actually the third iteration, for some reason), xbox series x/s. Like wtf.
Windows 1, 2, 3, 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7????, 8, 8.1, 10????, 11, 11 21H2, 11 22H2, .......
AFAIK, Windows was discontinued after Vista. Windows 7 is actually the 7^th iteration of the Microsoft version of OS/2, which was rebranded as Windows NT with the release of the third version, and as Windows sine NT with the seventh version. Windows 9 had to be skipped because a sloppy version check for Windows 95/98 would have failed.
Kind of right. Windows ME was the final version of windows (you probably forgot about that one).
After that, XP, vista, windows 7, were all based on NT.
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2000, XP, and Vista are NT too.
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Office365 -> Copiot365
It has already been renamed to Microsoft365.
Can't be worse than using the letter "x".
try googling "cannot connect to windows app" instead of "cannot connect to windows remote desktop"
Did Microsoft leave their marketing department to AI or something? They really seem to be dropping the ball rn with app names, and recognition.
(Teams New vs. Teams (New))
Outlook (deprecated)
New Outlook
Outlook
New Outlook 3DS XL
Outlook (new)
Outlook (New)
Microsoft Outlook
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RDP, until they change the name of the protocol. I don't think that search term is corrupted yet.
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Oh, I can help remotely... I just need you to open Windows App.
Which app?
Windows App.
I get that, I'm running Windows, but which app?
Windows App.
Look, are you being smart? I'm in Windows, say I click on the Start button, which app do I click on?
Windows App.
Allright you, let's say the app is already running...
Sure.
And I press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager.
OK.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE APP I WOULD SEE IN TASK MANAGER??!???
Windows App.
I'M ASKING YOU, 'WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE APP'???!??!??
I'm telling you, 'Windows App.'
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I work in the window industry…like for buildings. I’m used to Microsoft constantly fucking up my queries
Just keep using Remote Desktop Connection aka mstsc.exe?
It's even recommended by Microsoft:
Although replacements have been released, as of the release of the Windows App, Remote Desktop Client is still recommended for use.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Remote_Desktop_Protocol_clients
That's how Windows rolls out every unpopular feature.
- Simply don't upgrade it!
- You can prevent the upgrade with this setting.
- You can turn off the upgrade in the control panel.
- You can turn off the upgrade in the registry.
- It's a different place in the registry now.
- You can run a 3rd party app to make it stop.
- It's always been like this and you're being weird.
That compatibility matrix, the windows app does not support connecting to Windows from Windows.... That's some amazing product planning there from Microsoft...
This is the same company that has Outlook, Outlook.com, Free email app called outlook, and New Outlook... And none of them are the same fucking thing.
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Microsoft seems lost, they're so interested in constantly changing everything to steal more of your information instead of just maintaining the massive lead they have.
They can't seem to just make something work, always manipulating the systems, and such none of it is very good, but when you try to be the best at everything you end up mediocre. Good thing they got a market lock when they did.
Microsoft is a collection of fiefdoms, each led by a Lord (Product Manager) who drive projects which have two possible motivations: 1) promotion 2) bonus. Quality is not a factor and hasn't been for decades. Cohesion? No. The lords sometimes fight amongst themselves. They serve the line go up. Everything is line go up. There is no bottom to the products. Line must go up
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Even better than that, the old remote desktop app from the Windows store is being discontinued and has a banner at the top telling you to use the Windows app instead. The new Windows app does not support RDP on Windows:
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