44 ms·

> The worst thing in my experience about windows 8/windows 10 apps is that you cannot install apps from 3rd party sources. I've been away from Windows for awhi

by thearn4 11y ago

> The worst thing in my experience about windows 8/windows 10 apps is that you cannot install apps from 3rd party sources. I've been away from Windows for awhile so I just want to clarify this - when you say "apps", are you talking about all end-user applications? Or only some sort of desktop widget type system?

JoachimS 11y ago
Applications. Apps seems to be the new word for applications.
- wbkang 11y ago
  Well, application programs? ;)
- Redoubts 11y ago
  Is it new? Weren't people taking about "Killer Apps" in the 80s?
Santosh83 11y ago
I think the poster is talking about programs using the new Microsoft application frameworks and provided through their app store. The older style "Win32" programs can be installed as they always were.
Solarsail 11y ago
(Slightly anecdotal answer, but...) Basically everything I used on Win7 works / can be installed just the same on Win10. .msi packages, Chocolatey packages, oddball Win32 apps I've found over the years, even portable programs that haven't been updated since XP. Only had one program mysteriously uninstalled itself when I made the move: IronRuby. I'm not sure if Windows Store apps can be sideloaded, but the only ones I have installed came installed by default. Easy to avoid. (I'm largely expanding on what Santosh83 said in a sibling post.)