You may recall that Desktop Bridge (previously Project Centennial) is a new feature in Windows 10 Anniversary Update that allows developers to take Win32 and .NET apps and plug them into the Universal Windows Platform and ship them via the Windows Store.
I used this technology to get handy utility EarTrumpet into the Windows Store last month. It’s fantastic stuff.
But it’ll be even better when it’s safer to use.
Right now, simply launching an affected app – like EarTrumpet, Kodi, Tweeten, Arduino IDE, or Evernote – could crash your machine. Or they could work for a while and crash the machine later. Worse, if any of those apps are configured to start at boot, you could end up in an endless reboot-crash-reboot cycle.
Users running Windows 10 and the latest AMD Catalyst drivers represent the popular class of folks having the issue. But the problem isn’t specific to AMD customers. It could snag you via another driver that Microsoft hasn’t seen yet.
Yes, Windows 10 is still shit, and the Universal Windows Platform is still an entirely horrible idea. Desktop Bridge making it easier than ever to add "apps" to its Store that will crash your PC is just a rotten cherry on top, at this point.