windows-store-app interview questions
Top windows-store-app frequently asked interview questions
Is it possible to run Windows Store apps in a window on the desktop in Windows 8?
For example, I think the Finance app is awesome, I just don't want it to occupy dedicated space on my screen (either taking the full screen, or snapped to the side). It would be great if I could run it in a window on my desktop.
Is this possible? I think developers need to view/run/build their apps in a desktop window in order to work productively. Is this the case?
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If an app is on the start screen, I can right click it and choose "Uninstall" to uninstall it.
But if I have previously chosen "Unpin from Start" for an app, so that the app is no longer on the start screen, then how can I uninstall it?
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The Windows 8 store app lists apps by category ("Spotlight", "Games", "Social", etc.). Is there any way to browse a complete list of apps in the windows 8 store?
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How do I go about installing a Modern UI/Metro app without using the native Windows Store app on Windows 8?
I don't know if it's even possible or if it is, how the app even gets installed from the Windows Store in such cases.
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Just upgraded my Windows 8.1 Pro (Lenovo W540 laptop) to Windows 10, everything went smoothly, all my settings and installed apps preserved and work without a hitch.
The only issue is - Windows's own apps - Calendar, Mail etc. even Windows AppStore - won't launch. When I run them I very briefly see a window flashing and then nothing happens after that.
Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?
EDIT: Seeing bunch of these in Event log: Activation of app Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App failed with error: Access is denied. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information.
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I am using Windows 8 at work. Our Exchange server is configured to allow access from the Windows 8 mail app. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to use the mail app without first adding a Microsoft Account. Is it possible to utilize the Windows 8 mail app with a corporate Exchange server without first associating a Microsoft Account?
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We can install AppX packages
(Metro/Modern/Microsoft-style UI apps
) by using the following PowerShell command:
add-appxpackage C:\path-to-app.appx
But, I want to install free Windows Store apps from the command line. For example, install the free game Jetpack Joyride
available on the Windows Store.
Is this possible?
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I installed Windows 8 on my laptop to play around with it. I downloaded quite a lot of apps, even ones that I don't like. The ones I didn't like I uninstalled.
Now, I installed Windows 8 on my desktop. When I went to the store and go to "Your Apps" so that I can redownload some of the apps that I like, it shows a ton of the apps I consider "junk". Is there any way to remove them from that list? Otherwise, the "Your Apps" section can become very useless if the apps I want are in a mess of hundreds of apps.
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Besides switching the default audio device, how can I send the audio from one Windows Store (aka Metro) app (say x-box music) to one audio device, and another (say the video app) to another audio device?
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How can I remove apps that Windows doesn't seem to allow to be uninstalled, like Xbox and Groove Music?
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I have uninstalled Bing Maps, Travel and a few other Win8 apps from my computer. However, C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
still lists them, happily taking up 1.5 GB of space.
Is there a better way to fully uninstall every trace of these apps than to simply delete the files by hand?
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If I start a Modern-UI app and then switch to a different app or a normal program running on the desktop, what happens to the first app? I've heard something about the first app being suspended, but realized that I don't really know that for certain.
I mean, could you write a SETI@Home (BOINC) app if you wanted to, or will apps that aren't in the foreground always be suspended? Can you change that? I could see changing that based on available resources, running from AC vs. battery, etc.
This morning I heard about an iPad being recovered thanks to the "Find my iPad" app, and was wondering whether you could write such a thing as a Modern-UI app and have it work without being the running foreground app. (I'm aware that you'd just write a Windows service or similar, that's not what I'm asking about.)
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