app installation

In the age of digital downloads, wanting to squeeze a new game or app onto your device should be as easy as pie, right? Unfortunately, many users have found that this shiny, simplified process sometimes hits a snag. If you’ve been pulling your hair out because you can’t seem to push that app or...

Published by: Mahesh Makvana, How-To Geek - September 1, 2024 Google recently launched its Gemini AI, a web-based tool designed for a variety of uses that range from summarizing text to generating high-quality content. While there's no official desktop app for Windows 10 or 11, you can create an...

I am getting multiple errors in the event viewer about the Your Phone app. Here is one of them: Faulting application name: PhoneExperienceHost.exe, version: 1.23072.153.0, time stamp: 0x6492041a Faulting module name: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 3.1.3.0, time stamp: 0xea4b25b7 Exception...

UPDATED 10:45AM Redmond time with link to download and install from the Store! Hello Windows Insiders, Today we have announced that the first preview of Android™ apps on Windows 11 is now available for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the U.S. If you haven’t already read this blog post...

I inadvertantly did a "reset" and lost all of my installed programs (apps), including Firefox and Chrome browsers, tax sofware, video editing software, etc. Now when I try to download and install them I get the error message "Can not create temp folder archive". I've tried booting in safe...

Hello, if I installed Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1 too, as dual boot), both with local account, no Microsoft account. I have only Microsoft account created on Microsoft site. I would only install Microsoft application from Microsoft Store according to this description (with "Sign in to just this...

Hello Windows Insiders! Thanks for being patient with us as we upgraded some of our engineering tools last week. Our build monitoring system is purring again and today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14926 for PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring...

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Recently I had a bad Windows 10 computer crash. The PC totally locked up, and the only thing I could do was power it down and power it back up. The first thing I noticed was that my entire Windows Live Mail database was gone - not a single message of the thousands that should have been there was...

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Okay so something went wrong with one of my apps, I want to reinstall it it but I am getting the 1628 error now. The problem is NONE if the solutions I read online seem to apply for windows 10, most seem to pertain to windows 7 or 8. I dont want to reintall the whole OS or roll back because of...

I am unable to install any apps from the store after installing W10 (upgrade from 8.1) Download starts, then "acquiring license" comes up followed by "try again later" with an error code ; 0x803F7003. Could it be anything to do with me being in Finland and having my region set to UK? Any...

Hey all, Surface Pro 3 user here who dual boots Windows 8.1 Pro with Windows Technical Preview. In the latest build, when checking for updates to apps, OneNote can not be updated due to the version installed actually being newer (and less functional) than the latest Store release. This can be...

Platform: WIN 8.1 Spring Update Using a local (domain) account to login to Windows Using a MS Live account just for the purpose of installing Store apps The first time you go to install a store app you are prompted for your Live account credentials. Once entered, the only choice is SAVE or...

I found out that Retro UI is a good app as a start menu. The reason is that it allows you to still use the start screen if you want to and adds a task bar at the bottom of your start screen. So, you can use the start screen as an improved desktop. I could be wrong so please correct me if I am...

I did a restore on my laptop yesterday, and now it won't allow me to open most of the apps on my Start screen. It tells me my "developers license has expired". I went in a did a resync and that didn't help, so I decided to uninstall and reinstall. It lets me uninstall, but when I try to...

I am a traditionalist and so run permanently in "desktop" mode because I don't like the look and feel of the new Windows 8. Ever since I installed Windows 8.1 a blank green Microsoft "Store" window pops up from time to time on my desktop. When I click on it, the green is replaced by a normal...

When I go to download a app or game from the app store and it starts to download, but after a few minutes I get this message:

Im not sure I really got the picture with how SkyDrive works and how its different than other storage and sharing services like Mediafire, DropBox etc. but one of thse days I was prompted to install skydrive even if the app from the startscreen was alrdeady there. And now I have a folder under...

Just installed W8 32-bit on an Asus F8P-X1W laptop with Intel I7/ 2 Gb mem + 150 Gb disk. The O/S installed perfectly & Windows update works fine. However, when I try to install apps such as "Ashampoo FX", "Finance", "Solitaire", "Maps" etc., the install fails: The sequence is...