I did read your paragraph. In my opinion, your issues with the registry are not with what it can do, they are with how well app developers use it. If they're no

I did read your paragraph. In my opinion, your issues with the registry are not with what it can do, they are with how well app developers use it. If they're not even using what's already there, why would they use something more complex? Secondly, what you want is not a package management system, but an app store. You can build that as a third-party app today, without any additional features in windows. In fact, somebody has already done so, it's called http://allmyapps.com/ http://allmyapps.com/ You could argue that microsoft should ship such an app store by default, any maybe they will. That would however place them in the position of having to review the apps and arbitrate them. They don't like doing that.