It could be due to the processor installed on your PC: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/windows_10_users_errors_hardware/ .
i dont use such apps, and i reduce the preinstalled as much as possible. apps from ms store is paternalism for me, even if they run in a secured envrionement. but i use a ton more of apps=programs than the store could deliver. so why? and it makes you dependent. are you sure you want this?
I am not defending Microsoft, nor am I criticizing anyone here. It is just a general observation: If you read the article, they are talking about Core 2 Duo era processors. If someone wants to use obsolete hardware, and they are most welcome to do so, then they should not try to use the latest and greatest versions of the apps. They should just stick with the obsolete version of the app on their obsolete hardware. They will have zero issues. What is the point of complaining that the newest version of the app does not work on their system? Why should Microsoft, or any other developer test to see if their current app works on an obsolete hardware?
Because Windows 10 came out almost a decade ago and breaking these people on a still supported OS they may have been running on those PCs since then leaves a bad taste. Save the breakage for the new OS, that seems fair enough.
The point here is these are MS Apps. If the OS, Win 10, supports the processor, so should any MS App available for Win 10. Note that it is Microsoft that controls the updating of its native and Store Apps. If Microsoft wants to stop supporting these apps that is their prerogative. However, they are obligated to publicly state this fact and block auto updating of apps under their control.
But the linked article states that these processors are not officially supported by Windows 10. I was even unable to find them in the processor requirements for Windows 10 1607 (circa 2016). Windows 10 is still supported and apps are being updated on it, but Microsoft should not be expected to support users who have installed Windows 10 on an officially unsupported processor. Now these processors may still be able to run Windows 10, and in that case their users should just consider it a happy accident that the OS and apps are still functioning on their unsupported hardware. So instead of raising hue and cry, they should just stick with the last functioning version of the app.
I will leave it at this. If MS is pulling the plug on its native/Store apps not using processors listed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements per Win 10 version, it's within its rights to do so since Win 10 was never approved to run on those processors in the first place.
As for sticking with the last functioning version of a Store app, good luck with it not getting updated against your will to the latest version. Or being able to get the older version after you get updated. They probably just need to remove it and find an alternative app. Per the original article referenced:
I would just upgrade to a PC with newer processor. Using a processor released in 2006 in 2024, seems very odd to me. I did not know that MS store apps upgrading behind your back was a thing? I have auto update turned off in MS Store app, so my apps never auto update, but when an update is available, it shows up in the library. I then manually update the ones I want.
Some folks are poor. They're not trying to get away with something, they just don't have the budget for a new PC. I didn't realize you could turn auto update off. I don't know if that is something that was added without my knowledge or if I missed it all along. Thanks, I learned something.
to avoid useless apps you dont use - get O&O appbuster and uninstall. and try to avoid the ms store, it makes you very dependent. disabling update is not clever, avoiding is better.
MS Store is just like Google Play store, or Samsung Galaxy store. It does not do any harm. It just lists the UWP apps installed on your system and provides a way for you to manage them. Unfortunately, you cannot disable or avoid MS store as some critical UWP apps depend on it. For example, both my video driver and audio driver control panels are UWP apps, and are not available with the drivers, they get downloaded through the MS store separately after the driver install. Plus there are some useful system apps like Windows Terminal, Calculator, Paint, Notepad that are now only available as UWP apps, and can only be managed through MS Store.
Windows Terminal is open source and can be downloaded from Microsoft's GitHub I don't know how it works, but IT at my company disabled MS Store and I still have access to Calculator and Paint
Your IT dept probably just disabled it for end users, so no unauthorized apps can be installed on the system without their approval, but you cannot remove MS Store, in the same way as you cannot remove google play store from Android (at least not without having to rewrite most of the OS code). Thanks for letting me know about Terminal. But I don't mind installing it through MS Store. It is easier to manage, check for updates, install and uninstall UWP apps through MS Store. It functions just like the Control Panel, but only for UWP apps.
thx. even appbuster cannot perform this. "avoiding" from my view explained: dont use it. but you are right, its mandatory for left over apps in windows from store. the store was one reason in history to install the LTSC build, but this edition is now 3 years old in many ways, when i can grad the latest win11 ltsc upcoming end of 2024 i will try that one and see if ms store is included. nevertheless i have to look forward to 2025 and make a decision for or against win10. gaining support until 2032 with some rare builds which build level is 2021, dont think this might a clever solution concerning usage of current programs.
OK thanks for this info. So far I have never had to download any app via the MS Store, I'm not into this UWP nonsense at all. But now you can also download Win32 apps, but I understood it's not entirely the same as simply downloading apps from the web, because I remember there was a problem with some password manager that wouldn't start because the MS Store had problems or something. So if possible I would avoid using the MS Store. https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-store-open-all-win32-apps/
I am not sure how they did it. I am not really interested in spending time on learning Windows internals. When it comes to Android AOSP is open-source and it does not incluse Google Play. So you don't have to rewrite OS, you will just miss some software features.
Most likely they disabled it using the following Group Policy, available in Windows 11 Pro and up. . . You are right about the Andriod AOSP, but its use is limited to people who root their phones. The vast majority of people who do not or cannot root their phones do not have the option to disable google play.
Most UWP apps are pre-installed with Windows and others get installed automatically when you install their corresponding software. For example, MS gave a deadline of... I believe either 2020 or 2021, to all device driver developers to convert their apps to UWP or else their drivers will not be allowed to install on Windows. At least this is what Nvidia hinted at when they got a blow-back from user base for unbundling their control panel from the video driver, and making it a separate UWP app. Also MS is slowly converting Windows system apps to UWP format. Though right now you can still get their Win32 counterparts, but I am not sure how long that will last.
OK, I didn't know that drivers will be in the UWP format in the future, sounds weird. And I don't really use any pre-installed UWP apps on Win 10, except for the Settings app. And I wanted to download Asphalt (a racing game) but it wouldn't install, not even this M$ can do right. So I was done with the MS Store after this. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/racinggames
I did not test it as the game download was over 3.8 GB in size, but I noticed that it says you need to be signed in to your MS account for the game download/install to work. Could that be the issue?
I can't recall, it was a few years ago, but I don't think this was the issue. I just got some weird technical error. I really hate gaming platforms in general, we need to go back to the days that you could just dowload standalone demos.
