app management

In a recent update for the Microsoft Store in Windows 11, users gain enhanced control over app downloads and management. As of August 8, 2024, Windows 11 Insiders have begun to experience this much-anticipated redesign that addresses some of the existing limitations in app management within the...

Microsoft is on the brink of a significant update to the Microsoft Store that aims to streamline the management of app updates for Windows 11 users. This enhancement comes in response to years of user feedback and criticism regarding the Store's performance and usability, making it one of the...

In a noteworthy development for Windows enthusiasts, Microsoft has officially begun rolling out the August 2024 update for the Microsoft Store to its Windows Insiders. This update, available for users in the Canary and Dev channels, focuses on enhancing the user experience by introducing...

The Microsoft Store has undergone a series of enhancements aimed at improving user experience, making it easier to manage apps and downloads. Recent changes are set to roll out to Windows 10 and Windows 11 users in the coming months, offering notable upgrades to a platform that has seen its...

1. MOST TABS AND MOUSE SCROLLS ARE JERKY. HOVERING OVER HIDDEN TASKBAR TAKES TIME TO SHOW SOMETIMES. MAKE IT FLUID. SETTINGS PANE TAKE TIME TO LOAD, WIN 10 WAS FASTER. 2. REMOVE SEARCH BAR IN START LOGO DIALOG BOX, THERE IS ONE IN SEARCH BOX ITSELF. 3. WHEN YOU TOGGLE OFF SUGGESTIONS IN...

Hi In Windows 10 20H2, how do I set all banner notifications of Windows and its apps to display in the top right of the screen? Thanks Bye

I have two machines running Win 7 and Win 8.1 and need this to work on the win 8.1 but if we find a proper solution then it could work on Win 7 as well. I want to display weather on the lock screen. So i found a metro app in the Microsoft store called Forca weather and it worked for about 5...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17639 (RS5) to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17639 The next wave of Sets improvements is here What belongs together stays together – we designed Sets to help you keep...

Well I'm coming back to Windows despite being a loyal and happy Mac user. My MacBook Pro had some hardware faults and due to the lack of genuine reliable parts on the market to be able to fix this myself I had to part with it and move on. Apple wouldn't let me fix it myself and wanted hundreds...

Just a short time ago, the new Microsoft Intune for Education was announced for teachers and technologists to manage devices, accounts, and apps for students. Since that time, we’ve heard from a number of developers and app publishers who work in education, who have questions about how their...

Hi! I just did a clean install of Windows 10 Anniversary Update. After the OS had finished installing a few updates it began downloading and installing some useless games (Candy something something and others). I have a slow internet connection so I had to wait for ~30 mins for all the games...

I think I might have/must have removed Onedrive app for my Win 10 HP Envy. Is it possible to get it back again, and how? Thanks.

Dev Center has now integrated the functionality previously available in pubCenter to simplify how to create, manage and track your Microsoft advertising ad impressions and revenue. In addition, Microsoft Advertising and Windows ad mediation have been merged into one single SDK, the Microsoft...

The unified Dev Center introduced several new options to manage the visibility of apps and in-app purchase. We have seen developers start to use these new capabilities and have sent us questions on how these options work in different operating systems, and how to manage betas in the new Dev...

Microsoft is releasing two new Dev Center features to simplify and streamline management of ads-in-apps as well as releasing the campaign tracking feature that we announced earlier: pubCenter integration with Dev Center, to manage everything related to your apps in one place Link Removed in...

The new unified Windows Dev Center is now open for Windows 10 app submissions. Dev Center launched a number of new features yesterday, summarized by Todd Brix. In this post I’ll share more details about what’s new: App submissions New submit Windows 10 app packages Update manage app packages...

Next week we will begin the migration of accounts to the new Windows Dev Center dashboard. You can expect account migration to take place in waves – starting next week and extending into July. The migrations are scheduled based on account feature usage, for example starting with accounts that...

I have just bought a new computer with Windows 8.1 and I am confused and underwhelmed by 8.1. My main gripe is the totally uncontrollable start Screen. OK I can sort apps into groups and name the groups so that's a start. After getting apps into different groups I now set about sorting them...

A) Some people have said Multiple Desktops & Task View is silly or unnecessary or 'geeky' when I suggested it could be put to good use. B) Windows 10 allows some funky snapping. 1/2 screen or 1/4 screen. And everything 'floats' & is sizable. Well, it is becomes bloody neat when you combine A...

Windows 8.1 Hi, I had an issue with the general user folder name, which was shown as "Alex_000". Although this was a cosmetic issue only, I wanted to change this to "Alex". I successfully managed this by changing about 50 entries in the registry (via regedit). So fine so good. Now I found...