Group Policy blocks the Windows Store from opening. I have admin rights to my machine. Is there a way to download the app on another computer and then side-load it?
1 Answer
To install windows store apps without the store, (aka side-loading) you will have to first download them on a working computer and then copy it over to the computer you want to side load.
Download the Appx file of a universal store application
- Use a network traffic monitor to locate the URL where the windows app is stored on Microsoft's servers. Fiddler, or WireShark works.
- Download the app using windows store on the computer that works.
- Find
appx
orAppxBundle
in the network traffic. It will look like thisResult: 200, Protocol: HTTP, Host: tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- Copy the URL and open it in a browser to download the app
- Note: The url is ephemeral to your windows store download session, and will need to be downloaded quickly before it is invalidated.
Installing it in Windows
- Sometimes you can just double click on the
.Appx
file to install it. But if it has dependencies, Double check your network traffic for other.Appx
URLs. - If you need to or are having issues you can install the universal app via the command line:
- Sometimes you can just double click on the
add-appxpackage -path ".\5E8FC25E.XodoDocs_4.0.3.0_neutral___3v3sf0k6w2rec.AppxBundle"
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6You can use store.rg-adguard.net to find download links of the appx files May 13, 2019 at 9:30