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In general, the store here works exactly like the app store on a smartphone.

Tap a program’s icon to open its details page. Here you’ll find reviews and
ratings from other people, a description, screenshots of the program, and
much more information to help you make a good buying decision. See
Figure 6-15, bottom.

When you find an app that looks good, tap Get (if it’s free) or its price
button or Free Trial button (if it’s not). When the download is complete,
that button changes to say Open. You never have to enter your password,

restart, unzip, or manually install anything.

Note

The Microsoft Store lists desktop apps, too (not just Microsoft Store apps). But you don’t actually
buy and download desktop apps from the Microsoft Store; you get a link to the software
company’s website for that purpose. The only programs you can actually download from the
Microsoft Store are, indeed, Microsoft Store apps.

Automatic updates

Software companies frequently update Microsoft Store apps, just as they do

with phone and tablet apps. They fix bugs; they add new features. As it
turns out, new versions of your Microsoft Store apps get installed quietly
and automatically, in the background. You’re not even aware it’s happening.

Microsoft says it inspects each app to make sure Automatic App Updates
doesn’t hand you something that doesn’t work right. But it does sometimes
happen: You prefer the original version of some app to the “new, improved”

one—and if automatic updates is turned on, you’ll never have the
opportunity to object.

So: If the automatic-updates business is a little too automatic for your taste,

you can turn it off. In the store app, click your own icon (the round one next
to the search box); from the shortcut menu, choose Settings, and then turn
off “Update apps automatically.”