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different. (Microsoft calls them “Microsoft Store apps,” because
they’re available exclusively from the online Microsoft Store.
Which, until recently, was called the Windows Store, but that
won’t be on the test.)
Microsoft Store apps filled the whole screen, edge to edge. Their
windows never overlapped. They had no menu bar and no drop-
down menus. They had simple functions—they were like tablet
apps.
Unfortunately, having to learn and master two different kinds of programs
was massively confusing. Undoing this confusion was one of Microsoft’s
primary goals in creating Windows 10—and it has mostly succeeded.
In Windows 10, both kinds of programs still exist (Figure 6-1). But the
differences between their behavior have mostly been erased:
They both live in floating, overlapping windows. Both can go
full-screen, but only at your command.
They can appear side by side in the Start menu—as tiles on the
right side, or as listings on the left.
