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If the error message This app package is not supported for installation by app installer is troubling you, then this post may help you. The App Installer is a Windows ...

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This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is finally allowing games from the Windows store to be installed to any ...