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by danbruc 4289 days ago
The MSDN documentation for the classes [1] clearly states the supported platforms. Admittedly the restriction to store apps is missing on the page for the namespace [2].

  Minimum supported client  Windows 8.1 [Windows Store apps only]
  Minimum supported server  Windows Server 2012 R2 [Windows Store apps only]
  Minimum supported phone   Windows Phone 8
[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/wi...

[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/wi...
1 comments
NetMonkey 4289 days ago
Ah, don't know how I missed that. Thanks.

Crazy that it's limited to 8.1, and not even working on 8.0.

I really wonder if there is a valid technical reason, or they just use it to push upgrades.

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silon3 4289 days ago
It's crazy that it's Windows Store only. On my only Windows machine the Windows Store won't even open because I have UAC disabled.
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bkeroack 4289 days ago
Who on Earth uses Windows Store apps on Windows Server? We would totally consider using this if not for that.
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maxxxxx 4289 days ago
I can't imagine there being a technical reason. OCR is almost purely algorithmic and it shouldn't depend much on the OS.
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RyJones 4289 days ago
8.0 is deprecated, 8.1 has replaced it.
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