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BetaNews’s latest weekly Microsoft Store roundup keeps the steady cadence of small, useful arrivals and incremental updates that make the Store worth checking each week: this edition (four‑hundred‑and‑one in the series) highlights a handful of practical utilities — an Instagram grid slicer...

Logging in to Apple Music on a Windows PC is straightforward in principle — sign in with your Apple ID on the Apple Music app from the Microsoft Store or on the Apple Music web player — but real-world friction (two‑factor authentication, app vs. web feature differences, and occasional...

If you just unwrapped an Xbox or Microsoft Store gift card, a Game Pass code, or a 25‑character download key, redeeming it and getting straight to installs and subscriptions is usually quick — but there are a few small pitfalls that trip people up. This guide walks through every practical step...

Every fresh Windows 11 installation ships with a grab bag of first‑party apps—some genuinely useful, some quietly redundant, and a handful that feel like marketing dressed up as convenience—and ZDNet’s pragmatic “11 I keep / 11 I ditch” checklist is one of the clearest, user‑centric guides for...

Microsoft’s PC Manager arrives as a surprisingly useful, free alternative to third‑party cleaners like CCleaner, offering a compact, Windows‑native toolbox for storage cleanup, process control, and quick fixes — but it’s not a silver bullet, and some of its behaviors deserve scrutiny before...

Fix Microsoft Store Apps Not Installing or Updating (Reset Store + Re-register Apps) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Microsoft Store issues can be frustrating: apps get stuck on “Pending”, downloads never start, updates fail with vague error codes, or installs appear to...

Microsoft’s own “2025 in review” for the Microsoft Store reads like a success story: cleaner navigation, faster loading, a new AI hub, a Themes section, and a parade of big-name arrivals that make the Store suddenly feel like a first-stop app marketplace. What the company’s recap does not...

Microsoft’s Microsoft Store entered 2025 not as a static marketplace but as a rapidly evolving distribution platform — one that finally bridges legacy desktop software and modern app-store expectations, tightens the update and discovery experience, and introduces new delivery options that matter...

Microsoft is rolling out a dedicated Themes department inside the Microsoft Store for Windows, adding more than 35 new theme collections and bringing the Store’s catalog to over 400 curated looks that users can apply with a single click, a change Microsoft says is designed to make...

Microsoft's Microsoft Store on Windows 11 has come a long way from its early, awkward days, but the recent Neowin critique that lists “five things Microsoft should improve” is a useful reminder that the Store still has important gaps to close if it wants to be a genuinely competitive app...

Microsoft has quietly given Windows 11 users a fresh reason to open the Microsoft Store: a new, dedicated Themes department that consolidates hundreds of desktop looks into a single, browsable hub and enables one‑click application of curated theme packages that bundle wallpapers and accent...

The days of hunting through ad‑ridden search results for sketchy .exe installers are, for most Windows users, largely behind us — but where and how you download apps in 2025 still matters for both speed and security. Microsoft’s Store has matured into a legitimate first stop (now offering...

Microsoft’s Microsoft Store has quietly become the easiest — and safest — way to make Windows 11 actually look like something you want to use, thanks to a freshly launched Themes department that centralizes hundreds of downloadable themes and simplifies applying them with a single click. The...

Microsoft has quietly reshaped how Windows users find and apply desktop looks by adding a dedicated Personalization/Themes department inside the Microsoft Store — a move that centralizes more than 400 theme packs (including roughly 35 new ones at launch) into the Store experience and routes...

Microsoft is moving a long-familiar corner of Windows personalization into the Microsoft Store: the company has begun rolling out a new Themes (personalization) department inside the Microsoft Store on Windows, offering a curated catalogue of themes — more than 400 entries, including roughly 35...

Microsoft’s official Microsoft Store Awards 2025 announcement landed as a clear manifesto: this year’s winners were chosen and presented by Microsoft with an unmistakable emphasis on AI-driven apps — and the decision to skip a public nomination and community-voting phase has left developers...

Among Us is one of the quickest multiplayer pick‑up games to install and play on Windows, and you can be in a lobby within minutes whether you use Steam or the Microsoft Store — but a few small setup choices and connection tweaks will save time and frustration. This feature walks through...

When the Microsoft Store gets stuck on the spinning “Working…” indicator it’s more than an annoyance — it blocks app installs, stalls updates, and can break workflows that depend on UWP/MSIX applications. The problem usually traces to a handful of recurring causes (corrupted Store cache, stalled...

Microsoft’s decision to end support for Office apps installed via the Microsoft Store is a tidy, pragmatic engineering move — but it arrives wrapped in real-world friction for millions of users and IT teams who now face differing timelines, migration choices, and a confusing mix of messaging...

Microsoft's quiet move to surface a dedicated App updates pane inside Windows 11 Settings marks a meaningful shift: for the first time, the operating system itself can discover and manage updates for Store-managed apps without relying on the Microsoft Store client UI, and Microsoft is explicitly...