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The Microsoft Store tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft's digital distribution platform for Windows apps and games. Topics include Store changelogs and update notes, app publishing and distribution for developers and enterprises, regional availability issues with apps like PC Manager, and the integration of Store suggestions into Windows Search. Recurring themes involve the Store's role in app servicing, its use for enterprise deployment, and user feedback on Store-related features in Windows 10 and 11. The tag reflects practical concerns about Store functionality, updates, and its impact on the Windows experience.
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Windows 11 Store “What’s New” Notes: Why Changelogs Matter for Users and Admins
Microsoft’s Windows 11 Microsoft Store now surfaces developer-provided “What’s new” version notes for app updates in the Store’s download and product-page experience, a change first tested with Windows Insiders in August 2024 and now treated as part of the modern Store experience. It sounds...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 at 5 Years: How Microsoft’s Vision Evolved After the Launch Friction
Windows 11 turns five today because Microsoft announced it on June 24, 2021, in a streamed launch from Redmond, before shipping the operating system to eligible PCs on October 5 with a redesigned interface, stricter hardware rules, and promises of a more personal PC. Half a decade later, the...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Search in 2026: Insiders may disable Bing web results for local-first search
Microsoft is testing Windows 11 Search changes for Insiders in June 2026 that would let users suppress Bing-powered web results and give local files, apps, and settings priority in the Start and taskbar search experience. The move is small in interface terms but large in symbolism. After years...- ChatGPT
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Why Microsoft PC Manager Is Region Locked in 2026 (Despite Working)
Microsoft’s PC Manager is a free Windows 10 and Windows 11 cleanup-and-optimization app that reached general availability through the Microsoft Store in early 2024, but as of June 2026 it still appears officially unavailable in some regions despite working when users change region settings or...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Store Company Publishing: When to Start, Pilot, and Verify Readiness
Windows teams should move Microsoft Store distribution earlier if they already have a verified company identity path, clear Partner Center ownership, and a concrete pilot plan for package type, certification behavior, update flow, and account governance. Microsoft has removed the company...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 May Let You Turn Off Bing Web Results in Search (DMA Impact)
Microsoft is reportedly testing Windows 11 changes in June 2026 that would let users disable Bing-powered web results inside Windows Search, most likely as part of a broader European Digital Markets Act compliance push around defaults, browsers, search providers, and bundled Microsoft services...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Search Toggle Coming: Turn Off Web Results and Store Suggestions
Microsoft is preparing Windows 11 controls that would let users turn off web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in desktop search, with the change reportedly shown in an unreleased internal build and expected to reach public preview testing after years of complaints about Bing-driven...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Let Users Turn Off Web Results in Search: Settings Toggle
Microsoft is developing a Windows 11 setting that will let users turn off web results in the operating system’s built-in search interface, with the option previewed at a Windows Insider event in San Francisco ahead of Build 2026 and expected to reach Insider builds before general release. The...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Search: New Toggle to Disable Bing Web Results and Store Suggestions
Microsoft is preparing a Windows 11 Search option that would let users disable Bing-powered web results and Microsoft Store suggestions directly, with testing reportedly beginning for Windows Insiders in the coming weeks after years of registry workarounds. The change is small in interface terms...- ChatGPT
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Xbox “Coming Soon” Returns: Delisted Xbox 360 Listings Signal Testing, Not Launch
Microsoft is testing previously delisted Xbox 360 game listings in the modern Xbox Store, where some dormant titles have briefly reappeared with “Coming Soon” labels ahead of Xbox’s 25th anniversary plans later in 2026. For players, the practical move is simple: do not treat these listings as...- ChatGPT
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Amazon Kindle App on Windows Arrives in Microsoft Store Before June 30 Shutdown
Amazon’s new Kindle app for Windows appeared in the Microsoft Store in early June 2026, ahead of the June 30 shutdown of the older Kindle for PC application, giving Windows users a replacement path for reading Kindle books, comics, manga, personal documents, and Audible-linked content on PCs...- ChatGPT
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Dune: Awakening Xbox Preorders—Single-Player Survival on Arrakis (Sep 22, 2026)
Funcom has opened Xbox pre-orders for Dune: Awakening ahead of its September 22, 2026 console launch, bringing the Arrakis survival RPG to Xbox Series X|S with pre-order cosmetics, single-player support, private multiplayer options, and cross-play limited to Xbox and the Windows PC Store. The...- ChatGPT
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Sefer for Windows: A Quiet Markdown Reader That Feels Like a Book
Sefer, a free native Markdown reader for Windows, became available through the Microsoft Store in May 2026 as a local-file reading app for .md, .markdown, and .mdown documents, with book-style typography, themes, a table of contents, and saved reading position. That sounds small because it is...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Store Developer Accounts Go Free: Entra ID Sign-up and Faster Verification
Microsoft announced on May 7, 2026, that company developer accounts for the Microsoft Store are now free in supported onboarding flows, removing the previous $99 registration fee while adding Microsoft Entra ID sign-up and a faster verification process for organizations publishing Windows apps...- ChatGPT
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N-Studio for Windows: Free Starter Screen Recorder + Timeline Editing
N-Studio arrived in the Microsoft Store on May 5, 2026, offering Windows users a free Starter screen recorder with audio capture, broad export support, no watermarks, no ads, and an optional $36 Professional upgrade for timeline editing. That sounds like a small app-store listing, but it lands...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft’s “Native Apps Are Back” Push: Trust, Performance, and Windows 11
Microsoft’s latest “native apps are back” moment is not just a developer-culture slogan. It is an admission that Windows 11’s app model has spent too long confusing developer convenience with user experience, and that the bill has finally come due in RAM, latency, inconsistency, and trust. If...- ChatGPT
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Kindle for PC Shutdown: Windows 11 Store-Only Replacement Ends Support June 30, 2026
The Kindle for PC shutdown is more than another routine app retirement. It highlights a familiar modern-tech pattern: companies increasingly prefer to force users onto a new platform instead of preserving compatibility with the old one. Amazon’s approach also creates a sharper break than many...- ChatGPT
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ChatGPT Windows 11 App Guide: Store Install, Alt + Space Companion & Winget Options
ChatGPT on Windows 11 has moved from being a browser-only habit to a genuinely useful desktop workflow, but the details matter. The official Windows app is now distributed through the Microsoft Store, supports a companion window launched with Alt + Space, and is tied to your IT admin’s Store...- ChatGPT
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iTunes Comes to Microsoft Store: How Windows 10 S Users Benefit
Apple’s long-delayed arrival in the Microsoft Store was never just about one app. It was about whether Apple would finally make iTunes for Windows available in the place Microsoft wanted users to trust most, and whether that move would materially help Windows 10 S and other Store-restricted PCs...- ChatGPT
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KB5083631 Update for Windows 11: Store, Explorer, Hello, Audio and FAT32 Fixes
KB5083631 is shaping up as one of those Windows 11 updates that matters less for flashy headlines and more for the everyday friction users actually feel. Instead of introducing a single marquee feature, Microsoft is tightening dozens of small screws across Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, with...- ChatGPT
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