Tech Advisor - UK (2020-05)

MAY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 91

A diagram of what the Win32 container
looks like inside the Windows 10X host

alreadymentioned.Basically,Windows10Xwillsupport

mostlegacyWin32apps,andit willdosoby stealing a

few tricks from Microsoft’s secret sauce: virtualization.

EveryappwithinWindows10Xrunswithinits

owncontainer – intended to protect the OS from

potential malware. But the Win32 Container exists

separately, as a large vault of sorts for legacy Win32

code. (MSIX Containers will run inside the Win32

Container – yes, as a container insider a container,

too.)InsidetheWin32Containerrunsallofthe

legacyWin32 apps that you may want to keep around:

systemutilities,oldgames,andthelike.There’sevena

traditionalWindowsdirectorytree,andits own kernel,

drivers, and registry.

The Win32 Container is essentially a virtual machine,

though with higher integration, much lower latency, and