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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Windows: improve compatibility to build for UWP / Xbox","articleBody":"# Feature or enhancement\n\n### Proposal:\n\n- Add alternative UWP API functionality when available.\n- Modernize the Windows code when there are alternatives that are also compatible with UWP.\n- Add additional guards for Windows code that not builds for UWP.\n\nThe final goal is able to build for Xbox and reduce the patches required in Kodi --\u003e Upstream some generic UWP patches here.\n\nI propose upload small patches geared towards specific targets and always keeping current Windows functionality untouched.\n\n### Has this already been discussed elsewhere?\n\nNo response given\n\n### Links to previous discussion of this feature:\n\n_No response_\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-152383\n* gh-152473\n* gh-152477\n* gh-152479\n* gh-152601\n* gh-152604\n* gh-152688\n* gh-152689\n* gh-152694\n* gh-152791\n* gh-152792\n* gh-152793\n* gh-152797\n* gh-152962\n* gh-152998\n* gh-153021\n* gh-153036\n* gh-153216\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/thexai","@type":"Person","name":"thexai"},"datePublished":"2026-06-27T15:41:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/152433/cpython/issues/152433"}