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0.44.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2279). This release does not include an update to the windows-sys crate, which remains stable and unchanged.

This is the first update to the windows crate in 3 months. As such, there are quite a few improvements and fixes. Some notable changes to take a look at:

• There is now a getting started guide
• Support for raw-dylib (#2164) - thanks @​dpaoliello!
• A number of new samples have been added
• The target lib files are now validated for changes (#2132)
• Windows Runtime metadata has been updated to introduce new APIs for Windows 11 (#2192)
• Win32 metadata has been updated with numerous fixes (#2247)
• There's a new windows-targets crate that simplifies taking a dependency on the Windows libs (#2158)
• Support for infallible return values (#2248)
• Option to use default metadata for code generation (#2253)

Changes

• Fix new clippy warnings by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2121
• Add performance counter samples by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2120
• Use more readable formatting for samples by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2124
• Add DirectComposition sample by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2129
• Remap D3DMATRIX to Matrix4x4 by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2130
• Validate baseline for lib files by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2132
• Update the win32 metadata to version 37.0.34 by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2133
• Simplify yml build files by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2134
• Don't require files for reading/writing by @​Jake-Shadle in microsoft/windows-rs#2131
• Test DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW struct sizes are correct by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2139
• Simplify extern function code generation by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2148
• Introduce link macro to provide an abstraction over the Rust link attribute by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2152
• Simplify yml generation by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2157
• Add windows-targets crate to simplify lib dependency management by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2158
• Improve samples and tests for validating calling conventions by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2159
• Switch debugger visualizer from crate feature to build option by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2160
• Streamline delay load core implementation by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2162
• Remove deprecated WinRT namespaces by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2165
• Update the win32 metadata to version 38.0.19 by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2166
• Add optional support for raw-dylib by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2164
• Generate field comparisons directly by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2168
• Add device watcher sample by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2172
• Test lower MSRV for windows-sys by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2173
• Ensure bindings are warning-free by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2174
• Detect unsupported trailing array parameters by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2178
• Test readme by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2179
• Update LLVM (MinGW) toolchain by @​riverar in microsoft/windows-rs#2163
• Downgrade target crates versions to 0.42.1 by @​glandium in microsoft/windows-rs#2183
• Update Windows metadata by @​riverar in microsoft/windows-rs#2192
• Direct3D12 sample - fix copy_nonoverlapping size by @​damyanp in microsoft/windows-rs#2195
• Exclude major COM APIs from the windows-sys crate by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2194
• verbatim modifier is now stable by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2199
• Update Win32 metadata by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2198
• Simplify parameter binding code gen by @​kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2202

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• 6f115da Version 0.44.0 (#2279)
• 7c65c07 Add Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) sample (#2277)
• 1bfd409 Update readme.md
• 59950e2 Verify alignment for DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW structs (#2271)
• a8b3b38 Organize samples into folders (#2270)
• 53108ea Update metadata readme (#2267)
• 754b838 Include doc comment for GUID constants (#2268)
• 75a8260 Add fallible allocations and string conversions (#2254)
• 442fd8b Provide option to use default metadata for code generation (#2253)
• 0ee7be0 Infallible return values and more efficient out parameters (#2248)
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