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While seasoned veterans of Windows and the Internet at large will have a reverence of sorts for installing things manually via .exe and .msi, the Microsoft Store is better than having nothing at all.

The Microsoft Store for Windows was initially launched over 13 years ago, when Microsoft launched the infamous Windows 8 with its controversial full-screen Start menu, the new Settings app, and more.