Can I create a UWP project in .NET Framework?

Question

I have Universal Windows Platform project with .NET Core I think. I want to convert it to target .NET Framework.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

You can indeed build a UWP app using .NET and C#, but UWP apps includes only a subset of the types provided in the full .NET Framework for each namespace. A main difference between a UWP app and a .NET desktop application is that the former runs in a sandbox that is isolated from other processes, whereas a traditional desktop application typically runs as a full-trust process.

Please refer to the docs for more information about the missing .NET APIs in UWP. You won't be able to use these in a UWP app.