Microsoft was in charge of announcing on June 24 along with the arrival of Windows 11 of the redesign and new features that the new Microsoft Store will have. And it is that the new Windows 11 native application store will also allow downloading applications created in almost any format, by offering compatibility with applications Win32, .NET, Java, UWP and web applications. In this way, the company no longer tries to make it a money-making center, but has reduced its rates and opened its doors to all developers.
No updates to Win32 apps from the Store
With regard to classic Win32 applications, Microsoft will allow developers to send these applications to the Windows Store for download, so it will no longer be necessary to convert it previously into a UWP as before. They will also allow these classic programs (.exe) to use custom content for updates, although perhaps not in the way we expected.
Along with the ability to install classic apps, users were also confident that once downloaded and installed, they will eventually also update from the app store itself. But, unfortunately, it seems that the option to update the classic applications through the Store does not fall within Microsoft’s plans, as it will not be responsible for them. Redmond will trust the developer’s own installer and updater, although they will notify that applications will be updated or not from the Store so that we can decide without downloading it or not.
You can decide to install or not an application based on who updates it. We tried to be very transparent, there is a text below the app name: pic.twitter.com/nRln1F9quE
– Rudy Huyn (@RudyHuyn) July 22, 2021
According to the documentation provided in the Microsoft Store, it appears that users they will not be able to receive updates Win32 applications from the Store itself. In the case of installing these classic applications, we will have to update them directly from the developer.
According to this information provided by Microsoft “It is not necessary for application updates to be sent through the Store. End users will not be able to receive updates from the Store. You can update the applications directly through the installed application after downloading it from the Store. »
Microsoft will mark apps that cannot be updated from the Store
This decision made by Microsoft can be a jug of cold water for many users. And it was attractive to think that we were not only going to be able to install classic Win32 applications from the Store, but that they would be updated from it, without having to worry. However, this is not going to happen. On the other hand, to know if an application will be updated to or not through the Store, you will provide a text below app name. In this way we can decide whether or not to install an application depending on who updates it.
At the moment developers can still publish new versions of their applications in the Microsoft Store. However, these unzipped Win32 applications They will not be able to be updated from the Store. If you want to update the application, it will be necessary to carry out the operation from within the application. Nor has Microsoft clarified, if the Store will approve Win32 applications that do not support applications from within the application itself.
