Finally, Microsoft to build unified app store for Windows Phone and desktop Windows
If you have read my take on why the Windows App store is not popular right now, you know my opinion on the current state of the apps store of the Windows 8 operating system.
It has lots of issues. A lack of applications, no appeal to desktop users at all, issues with fake and copy cat apps, and a navigation that works on tablets but not so well on the desktop.
My conclusion was that Microsoft had to work hard to change things around. Among the suggestions was to acquire popular game and app companies, cooperate with others, and to provide incentives to developers to developer for Windows 8.
Probably the most important suggestion of them all was to merge the Windows Phone and Windows for PC store into a single store.
While Windows 8 store apps may not run on Windows Phone devices, Windows Phone apps may very well scale to the larger screens of Windows PCs and tablets. That's exactly how Apple handles this in the company store, and according to The Verge, that's what Microsoft plans to do come early 2014.
I file this in the rumor department right now, as Microsoft has not officially commented on the plan yet, and likely won't do so for the foreseeable future.
The news post does not mention how a unified app store for Windows Phone and Windows would work. While it is likely that users will be able to use - some, most or all - Windows Phone apps on Windows 8.1 when the store launches, it has not been confirmed yet that this will be the case.
A unified store without that option on the other hand would not really bring anything new to the table, at least not for the user in front of the computer.
It is therefore likely that Microsoft plans to boost apps on Windows 8 by merging the two stores.
The move makes sense in a lot of ways and will take care of one of the core issues that the Windows 8 operating system is currently facing: a lack of apps.
It may also increase the appeal of Windows 8 for Windows Phone users, as they may now use the apps that they use on their phones also on the desktop operating system.
Developers too may benefit from this in the long run. Instead of maintaining two different code bases for an app that they have published to Windows Store and for Windows Phone, they may be able to maintain one that takes care of everything (different layouts for example).
Closing Words
Unifying the platform makes sense for Microsoft and while it is not clear if you will be able to run Windows Phone apps right away on Windows PCs or Windows RT, it is likely that this is going to happen eventually.
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What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
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PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
This happens when you schedule a post in WordPress and update it before setting the publication date.
Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277