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Understanding Windows App Installer

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Windows App Installer was first introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) to make sideloading UWP apps easier. Since then, Microsoft has gradually been improving App Installer to provide most of the features found in the Microsoft Store. In this article, I look at how App Installer has developed and how it fits into the bigger picture.

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Why are there no compelling Windows 10 apps?

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Nine months after Windows 10 launched, even Microsoft doesn’t seem to be able to create a must-have Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. But is it due to the platform’s lack of technical maturity or a problem with Microsoft and its partners?

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