HttpRequestException in mscorlib.dll
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
If you run into this exception in a Windows 8 App: A first chance exception of type ‘System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException’ occurred in mscorlib.dll you should probably check to make sure that Internet (Client) is enabled in the App Manafest:
Hello from Windows 8
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
I am writing this from Windows 8. I have been running the developer preview since last September, but just last week I upgraded all of my machines to the Consumer Preview. So far it is an interesting transition from Windows 7. Windows 8 was built around the idea of touch first, and using the OS really reminds you of this fact. Many commenters on the Internet have looked down on this fact and dismissed the entire experience as either too childlike or too much of a change.…