Newie Question On Windows Programming

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I am a UNIX programmer by profession.* I want to teach myself Windows programming (I have Windows XP Pro SP2 on my computer).* I am proficient in C and Java and somewhat less in C++.* I have two questions:

 

1) I notice there are many different GUI's used by programs that run on Windows.* For example, Firefox has what I call a "classic" type window appearance,*Microsoft Office 2007 has a completely different look to it, and some programs have an utterly*unique look to them.* What are the different visual component libraries used to create these different looks?

 

2) What language should I use to write my programs?* C# looks easy.*

 

Thank you very much...

 

 

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