Questions tagged [microsoft-store]
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How can I remove Microsoft Store from Task View in Windows 10 Pro?
How can I remove the "Microsoft Store" from the Task View in Windows 10 (pro)
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How to view “last updated” date in the Microsoft Windows App Store?
In the Microsoft Store how do you view the date an app was last updated, it only lists the date the app was first published.
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Add right-click functionality to a Windows 10 application
Certain Windows 10 applications (downloaded through the Microsoft Store) do not recognize any right-click input. I would like to configure an application to recognize right-clicks and to provide basic ...
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Unable to open any apps installed inside the WindowsApps folder
From one day to the next all of a sudden all the applications installed via the Microsoft store that live in the WindowsApps folder will not open. When I try opening an app from a shortcut created ...
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I installed Ubuntu from Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and I can't locate Ubuntu files? Where are they? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu from Microsoft Store, but I can't locate files. I try to open folder
jakub@DESKTOP-UD9H17S:~$ gnome-open
gnome-open: command not found
jakub@DESKTOP-UD9H17S:~$ xorg-open nowy_folder/...
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How to Change Which Microsoft Store Apps Show in the Start Menu
My Question - Simply:
I am wanting to know how I can change the shortcuts (that are in the application list) that are for the apps that have been installed from Microsoft Store.
I don't need to know ...
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where does Microsoft Store put Start Menu entries?
I have several Microsoft Store programs installed. For example, MineSweeper is installed via Microsoft Store. Looking my Start Menu, I can see those installed programs, including MineSweeper which is ...
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Microsoft Store Installation not possible | Error code: 0x80070057
So, I was trying to install Forza Horizon which I just bought, but I'm getting this weird error when I try to install it.
It says "Download is getting started..." and afterwards "Error.....
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Block a specific app from updating in the Microsoft store
Well, i know that i can disable all automatic updates in the Microsoft store, but what about blocking just a single app from doing the update. The problem with manually updates in Microsoft store is, ...
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MS store app on pendrive run fine one PC, TOTAL erase on other PC
I installed 3 Microsoft store apps on my NTFS pen-drive.
I inserted the pendrive into another windows 10 PC.
Now, not only the apps didn't show in the list, but when I inserted it on the original one, ...
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How to give permanent UACs permission to an application?
I've installed some programs that always require permission to run (like aText, Cmder, clover .... etc), I gave them the permissions they needed once I installed them, but whenever I try to run them ...
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Remove Windows 10 app from fromatted drive
So this is a very modern/MS/Metro app - Forza 7.
It has been installed on a second ssd, that had a lot of things on it, and I thought it would be easier to format it(was I wrong), and afterward just ...
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Cannot log into Microsoft apps on Windows 10
I cannot log in Microsoft apps such as Stick Notes, MS Excel, Microsoft Store, etc.
Whether I try log in by password, SMS code, email code, all failed.
Actually my log-in was successful, but it ...
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I cannot use Microsoft Store without online login with free apps at Windows 10 Enterprise
According to this article:
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/microsoft-store-without-microsoft-account
I can use Microsoft Appstore without login(online service) if I want to use free apps.
I want to ...
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Microsoft Store - Error 0x80073CFE and other strange things
I've some problem with Microsoft Store on Windows 10, version 1909 (built SO 18363.959). In Settings, App...it doesn't appears, but, if I search it, it appears but doesn't open.
To fix the problem I ...
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How to change the title bar color in windows terminal(installed from ms store)
I am trying to change the color of the title in windows terminal. Is there any way to change title bar color. \
default one
Desired one
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Microsoft store says: where do you want to install? It looks like you don't have any applicable device(s)
All I wanted to do was install the new Windows Terminal, but I opened the store and tried to install it when my mouse hovered over the install button and turned into a circle-with-slash-through icon.
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Certain UWP Apps Won't Install From the Microsoft Store
As it currently stands there are five UWP apps that won't install for me.
Windows Terminal Preview
Slack
Xbox
Xbox Game Bar
Skype
I've used WSReset.exe and that didn't help, I tried to install ...
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“You own this app” in Microsoft store - Formatted device, no connected account
I formatted my laptop which had Windows 10 previously. If I go to the Microsoft Store, I see the note "You own this app" on some apps. I did indeed downloaded these specific apps on the previous ...
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Can an app purchased and installed using a specific email id be updated by a different id?
I have Minecraft windows 10 edition but it is purchased from my friend's id which he used to download the game in my PC and then signed out and removed his id. I want to know if I will be able to ...
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How do I rebuild an outlook profile in Microsoft Office Desktop Apps (Microsoft Store version)
I've got a corrupted Outlook profile, so it crashes on startup with an error "Cannot start Outlook. Cannot open the outlook window. The set of folders could not be opened". I want to rebuild the ...
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Remove older Windowsapp folder installations
I trying to find a way to get rid of some folders from old installations. Windowsapp directory create new folder for newer app versions and keep there old ones.
With following command
Remove-...
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How to run Microsoft Store programs in MaxLauncher program?
This is a MaxLaucher review video:
youtube.com/watch?v=0MdruOzAJ1M
What to type in the target textbox for Microsoft Store programs that have no path to an executable file, if I want Alarms & ...
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How to remove the Program Files folder from a non-system drive
Sometime ago I installed a game using the "Xbox (beta)" app for Windows 10.
The program asked me where to install the game. I choose the D: drive. Then the program told me to make the D: suitable for ...
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Pycharm doesn't detect python installed from Microsoft store
I have python 3.7 installed on my pc downloaded from python's official website and pycharm detects it and is fine. But, windows's powershell doesn't detect it. I have added it to path of system and ...
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All Microsoft store apps are hanging or crashing few times then resetting by itself, so how to mass reset all Microsoft store apps?
(Windows 10 Home)
All Microsoft store apps are hanging or crashing few times then resetting by itself.I used Troubleshoot Microsoft store apps, it shows to reset all troubled apps but how can to ...
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Download xbox uwp app to desktop
I wish to install a UWP app on my laptop (windows 10), but the app is only available to install on Xbox one and I don't have one. I'm aware that some xbox apps won't work on desktop but in that ...
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Is there a way to revert to an older version of an app I downloaded from Microsoft Store?
A software I got from Microsoft Store (Autodesk Sketchbook) has recently been auto updated to the newest version, which has an issue and causes frequent crashing.
Is there a way I can undo the ...
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Turn game exe from Microsoft store, into accessible normal exe?
The game is Phantom Dust. This is an old game. So I found a app called Reshade. This could potentially add graphic filters to this game giving it a fresh look.
But it won't work unless I can activate ...
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How can I free up space taken up by an incomplete Microsoft Store download?
Yesterday, I purchased a game (The Outer Worlds) via the Microsoft Store. I began downloading and installing it via the UI. At the beginning of this process, I was informed that I'd need some ...
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Can't open office apps - “Install failed. Please contact your software vendor”
I have Office 2016 on my pc, and I have used it for more than a year with no issue, however today I tried to open some files from excel or word, and when I try it gives me the following error: "...
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i lost my ms apps when trying to fix the ms store?
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as you can see i have lost the icon for ms apps and can't open them because i tried a command in windows PowerShell (Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -...
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Microsoft default Apps not Found on Windows 10 Enterprise, and Can't be Installed
I just installed Windows 10 Enterprise edition LTSC (OS Build 17763.404), and I can't find my default applications such as "Microsoft Store, Contacts, Calendar, Clock, Or Help Center"
I went through ...
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Prevent Windows from downloading uninstalled apps?
Is it possible to avoid the "WindowsApps" directory getting cluttered with outdated versions of apps?
Similar questions exist about uninstalling preinstalled apps, but I haven't seen any that were ...
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Where can I get Offfice 365 Microsoft Store version not the Click-to-Run? [closed]
We had developed a VSTO add-in for PowerPoint. So far (From 2007 - Present) our users are able to install our add-in on traditional MSI base Office (2010,2013,2016) and the Office 365 with Click-to-...
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Microsoft Store asked to check connection while I was connected to the Internet
I have Windows 10 Build 1809 and use my Microsoft account to log in to my laptop. No sure when this started to happen. It's been probably about a month or so now. Whenever I opened Microsoft Store, it ...
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Online activation and purchase of Windows 10 using PPPOE and MS Store
I have installed a Windows 10 Home using media creation tool from Microsoft. Now I would like to activate it and purchase the valid key. So, I step into Parameters > Activation and select there a Go ...
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Change install location for Microsoft store apps?
I have recently thought about using Microsoft Store to download apps (Netflix); however, I am afraid that as long as I continue to download apps from the store, my main SSD drive will be out of memory ...
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Microsoft Store failing to update or download
I'm having trouble with Microsoft Store. When I'm trying to update my apps, I get a failed error (0x80070015) and no update. I've come across the following article (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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No Microsoft Store, can't reinstall, Troubleshooter says to Sign in, but I am signed in
I have no Microsoft store at all on my Windows 10 Enterprise, Version 1709.
I've read numerous articles on restoring the Microsoft Store, and none of the simple/non-destructive techniques have worked ...
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How to add Microsoft Store App to Windows Defender Controlled Folder Access Whitelist
Is there a way to automatically whitelist all Mircosoft Store Apps without the need to mess with the access permissions of Program Files > WindowsApps folder?
Of course you can add every single ....
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Backing Up and Restoring - Microsoft Store Apps - Windows 10
I pay for internet by the GB now which has really got me into making separate partitions/backups for everything. Last time I started using the Microsoft store, I set it to download new apps to a ...
