What is the difference between a RoutedCommand and a RoutedUICommand?

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Published on 2009-10-18T12:03:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 12:54 UTC
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I have tried to do some reading about it, but I failed to find documentation that explains the difference between RoutedCommand and RoutedUICommand satisfactorily.

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