DualApiPartition attribute is unreliable

[MikeHillberg]

This page describes using the DualApiPartition as an indicator of WinRT APIs that work in an unpackaged Desktop app. But we expect that that attribute has both false positives and false negatives. We shouldn't recommend using that as a guide.

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• ID: 909f1773-1e55-eb5a-206f-b32ce6f9dd9d
• Version Independent ID: 24ea5c87-1c21-884d-f05f-833bbd894ba9
• Content: Windows Runtime APIs available to a packaged desktop app (Desktop Bridge) - Windows applications
• Content Source: hub/apps/desktop/modernize/desktop-to-uwp-supported-api.md
• Product: uwp
• Technology: apps
• GitHub Login: @mcleanbyron
• Microsoft Alias: mcleans

[mcleanbyron]

The old guidance about DualApiPartition has been removed from this article. It has been revised to provide an up-to-date guidance about WinRT APIs that aren't supported in desktop apps