Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 3.1.0

This Windows Compatibility Pack provides access to APIs that were previously available only for .NET Framework. It can be used from both .NET Core as well as .NET Standard.
When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 2.12 or higher.

Install-Package Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility -Version 3.1.0

dotnet add package Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility --version 3.1.0

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="3.1.0" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

paket add Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility --version 3.1.0

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility, 3.1.0"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive, C# scripting and .NET Interactive. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

// Install Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility&version=3.1.0

// Install Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility&version=3.1.0

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

Release Notes

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799421

Dependencies

.NETCoreApp 2.0
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.Shims (>= 2.0.1)
- System.CodeDom (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
- System.Data.Odbc (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.OleDb (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.SqlClient (>= 4.8.0)
- System.Diagnostics.EventLog (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Drawing.Common (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Packaging (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl (>= 4.5.1)
- System.IO.Ports (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Management (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Runtime.Caching (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Duplex (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Http (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.NetTcp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Primitives (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Security (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Syndication (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Threading.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
.NETCoreApp 2.1
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents (>= 4.7.0)
- System.CodeDom (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
- System.Data.Odbc (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.OleDb (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.SqlClient (>= 4.8.0)
- System.Diagnostics.EventLog (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Drawing.Common (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Packaging (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl (>= 4.5.1)
- System.IO.Ports (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Management (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Runtime.Caching (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Duplex (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Http (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.NetTcp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Primitives (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Security (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Syndication (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Threading.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
.NETCoreApp 3.0
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents (>= 4.7.0)
- System.CodeDom (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition.Registration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
- System.Data.Odbc (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.OleDb (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.SqlClient (>= 4.8.0)
- System.Diagnostics.EventLog (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Drawing.Common (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Packaging (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl (>= 4.5.1)
- System.IO.Ports (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Management (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Context (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Runtime.Caching (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Duplex (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Http (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.NetTcp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Primitives (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Security (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Syndication (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Threading.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
.NETStandard 2.0
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents (>= 4.7.0)
- System.CodeDom (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
- System.Data.Odbc (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.OleDb (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.SqlClient (>= 4.8.0)
- System.Diagnostics.EventLog (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Drawing.Common (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Packaging (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl (>= 4.5.1)
- System.IO.Ports (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Management (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Runtime.Caching (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Duplex (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Http (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.NetTcp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Primitives (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Security (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Syndication (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Threading.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
.NETStandard 2.1
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents (>= 4.7.0)
- System.CodeDom (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Composition.Registration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
- System.Data.Odbc (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.OleDb (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.SqlClient (>= 4.8.0)
- System.Diagnostics.EventLog (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (>= 4.7.0)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Drawing.Common (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Packaging (>= 4.7.0)
- System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl (>= 4.5.1)
- System.IO.Ports (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Management (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Context (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Runtime.Caching (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Duplex (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Http (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.NetTcp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Primitives (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Security (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceModel.Syndication (>= 4.7.0)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Threading.AccessControl (>= 4.7.0)

Used By

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Package	Downloads
DiffEngine Launches diff tools based on file extensions. Designed to be consumed by snapshot testing libraries.	1.2M
Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK Runtime for hosting PowerShell	1.0M
Alachisoft.NCache.SDK This NCache SDK NuGet package is a complete package for using NCache Enterprise from .NET Framework and .NET Core applications.	301.4K
TIKSN-Framework This is a .NET Framework enhancement framework. Main features are Versioning, Finance, Currency, Foreign Exchange, Money, Pricing strategy, Telemetry, Composite Weighted Progress, Repository and Unity of Wok pattern implementation with Entity Framework Core, Network Connectivity Service and Triggering, Settings, Windows Registry configuration source, Azure Storage Repository, MongoDB Repository, NoDB Repository, Lingual and Regional Localization, Serialization, Rest Requester, Rest Repository, Dependency Injection, Composition Root Setup base classes.	245.2K
Dapplo.Windows.Common Dapplo.Windows.Common is a library which contains common files for Dapplo.Windows projects	227.7K

GitHub repositories (30)

Showing the top 5 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility:

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PowerShell/PowerShell PowerShell for every system!	25.7K
unoplatform/uno Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.	4.7K
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Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.4	61	4/8/2021
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6	4,229	3/11/2021
6.0.0-preview.1.21102.12	433	2/12/2021
5.0.2	60,662	2/9/2021
5.0.1	47,193	1/12/2021
5.0.0	751,371	11/9/2020
5.0.0-rc.2.20475.5	6,452	10/13/2020
5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14	3,632	9/14/2020
5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11	3,394	8/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.7.20364.11	12,724	7/21/2020
5.0.0-preview.6.20305.6	2,869	6/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.1	3,458	6/10/2020
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.6	6,331	5/18/2020
5.0.0-preview.3.20214.6	5,961	4/23/2020
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6	390	4/2/2020
5.0.0-preview.1.20120.5	430	3/16/2020
3.1.1	405,284	8/11/2020
3.1.0	1,244,525	12/3/2019
3.1.0-preview3.19551.4	685	11/13/2019
3.1.0-preview2.19523.17	4,417	11/1/2019
3.1.0-preview1.19504.10	7,892	10/15/2019
3.0.1	31,585	11/18/2019
3.0.0	184,493	9/23/2019
3.0.0-rc1.19456.4	3,108	9/16/2019
3.0.0-preview9.19421.4	1,740	9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview9.19416.11	182	9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview8.19405.3	3,990	8/13/2019
3.0.0-preview7.19362.9	6,264	7/23/2019
3.0.0-preview6.19303.8	27,618	6/12/2019
3.0.0-preview6.19264.9	180	9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview5.19224.8	4,198	5/6/2019
3.0.0-preview4.19212.13	1,277	4/18/2019
2.1.1	638,799	5/14/2019
2.1.0-preview3.19128.7	5,231	3/6/2019
2.1.0-preview.19073.11	11,851	1/29/2019
2.1.0-preview.18571.3	8,999	12/3/2018
2.0.1	2,423,151	8/21/2018
2.0.0	517,498	5/29/2018
2.0.0-rc1	20,354	5/6/2018
2.0.0-preview2-26406-04	10,223	4/10/2018
2.0.0-preview1-26216-02	14,881	2/26/2018
2.0.0-preview1-25914-04	96,152	11/15/2017

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Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 3.1.0

Release Notes

Dependencies

.NETCoreApp 2.0

.NETCoreApp 2.1

.NETCoreApp 3.0

.NETStandard 2.0

.NETStandard 2.1

Used By

NuGet packages (134)

GitHub repositories (30)

Version History