I swear i NEVER comment on videos but THIS? THIS has saved me from so many hours trying to figure out why the Xbox app was not downloading and kept getting an error code!!! I tried NUMEROUS amount of different ways to try and fix it and nothing worked. 5th hour in i was going to give up then remembered that you can force download apps via command prompts! Came across your video, did everything step by step and BOOM! Finally have the app installed after 5 long pain staking hours!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS MY GUY!!!
I’m having problems with my xbox app and have tried this method but when I download the file using the adguard command prompt I just get black screened with the xbox logo. Which app file did you force download? Is it the 305mb file you force download?
Which one is the real one? "Microsoft Apps store" Or "Microsoft Store" When I am about to download a game "Microsoft apps store" has *"rtc=1" at the end of its website, something "Microsoft store" doesn't have
Man, honestly I followed your tutorial to the dot and got back my beloved snipping tool. Not only that, you also built a curiosity in me to learn more about Powershell. Thanks, man!
You are my hero. I lost so much data including my mail app and microsoft store when I changed some paths between disks a bit too chaotically. I had tried everything from shady dowloads to trying to contact the microsoft support team, to no avail. So I just decided to look over some codes and study the powershell a bit and there I was! Finding you and the treasure trove that your site and your channel are. Thank you so much! You also got me more interested in code, so maybe I found a new little hobby too :)
Legend mate! P.S: If you guys are struggling restricted access error on user's PC you can run these on your Admin PC and just copy paste all the packages to user's computers and run'em manually you don't need to run all those commands to replicate installation :) Thanks a bunch again.
Titus, could you do a video on uninstalling redundant MS SQL, DotNet and C++ frameworks/library's. Because after doing your debloat and process cleanup, legacy software is still active.
@@ThePowerRanger Yup, that's actually why I'm here, looking around... (can't seem to use/install/UNinstall any WinApps, but they're still there, clogging up my HD; sure, not a LOT of space, but I want it all Gone, and WITHOUT making/using any M$ acct first)
@@gumbi79 Not really. I got pissed off with the blue screen of death, losing all my work and then spending hours re-installing windows, getting what I could back and having to do all the work I had already done and lost. Since moving over to Linux I've had no such problems and even Mrs Martin uses Linux for the very same reasons Jason.
This worked. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I received a forced update to the new Outlook and wanted to revert to the old Windows Mail & Calendar application in W10. With enough patience and diligence, I was able to follow your steps and download the last update to the Windows Communications App. A life-saver!
I have a noob question here, does those windows store apps auto-update themselves without the microsoft store? I have kept Winget only for software update purposes but my installation doesn't have any microsoft store.
Every online help fails while I am trying to install the broken xbox app from the MS store - and just as it is nothing your guide solved it :D Amazing! Thanks for your guide!
You are a legend. Literally used AI and trouble shoot and other stuff, didn't fix anything. Tried your solution, immediately worked. I do not know why this guy shouldn't be a legend right now. This guy deserves at least 1M subs.
"So let's look through here and say, you know what? I'm feeling like I need some Spotify from the Microsoft Store because, I hate myself" -Chris Titus I laughed a bit too hard there..
Have you added your own 'll'' alias somewhere? (or has MS added one?) iirc 'ls' is an alias of Get-ChildItem in powershell, but they haven't ported the typical ls bash aliases.
So much effort, and this video solves it just like that. I had some bumps along the way but ultimately it did what I, google, microsoft and ChatGPT couldn't. This is worthy of a Like and Subscribe
Thank-you. I rarely run and/or trust someone else's script. In my case your script hit the mark, and it's refreshing to find that you made the script smart enough to adapt itself to differing win versions and configurations. kudos!
Hi, I come back to this video whenever I need to install an app and now the copy/paste section of the website is a complete mess and not useful. Could you please fix it?
that's excellent stuff. Does it work for PC Gamepass too? I am quite interested in that 'cos I have the gamepass but want to use it in a clean as possible version of Windows 11
Since about a week I'm getting multiple errors when the script tries to "register" winget on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. I can't remember if the script tried to register winget before but now it definitely doesn't work properly. Where can I report this?
Just wanted to bring your attention towards it.. Xbox game pass and Microsoft games like Minecraft and Forza Horizon requires the Microsoft store to run. I made a windows iso using msmg toolkit And removed the store. After trying to Install the games it refused to run on that iso build. later, had to build another one with the Microsoft store.. So is there a way around it by any chance to bypass those dependencies And run the games without it?
@@FunktaviousRex_ for Minecraft, the launcher from Minecraft official website doesn't support Windows Edition. You will need the Microsoft Store version of the launcher to be able to run it, while having access to other Minecraft versions.
hey can you make a video about migrating your pro installation to LTSC branch? please? and also how long LTSC will be supported i just want wine to get good enough so i can finally switch to arch.
Way, way back I had Windows 10 Pro installed (anything is called "Pro" these days 🙄) and I just made a backup and list of everything to use on the LTSC version. Ever since I've installed LTSC, I couldn't go back to the crappy bloatware versions that are available.
So Chris I have a question I want to completely strip down windows 11 and only install drivers directly from the Asus website my question is from this method can I install the Xbox app and the required updates and ONLY login with my Microsoft account though Xbox is that possible without any possibility that Microsoft either auto repairs the directories, and repositories just to maintain a clean seem less perfect gaming experience thank you for your videos I am inspired with your videos
does it overwrite existing previous versions of the same app? I.e. if you were to download an old spotify version first and then choose the one in the video would it delete or overwrite the existing version?
OMG this video was a life saver. Even though Im running the Microsoft Store (it doesn't work but I stil have stuff that I don't want to get rid of that still works for some reason) but I got rid of the XBox app and wanted it back but couldn't download it from the Store app at all.
Hi Chris, I hope you're doing well, in my case I did this but after installing the app, for some reason, it won't open.. i did reboot the system, would you know why could this happen? I love your videos, greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina.
I did the NTLite for win10 image, then did the winget part, was able to launch CTT debloat tool, but I noticed NTLite stripped out snipping tool, and I don't know how to get the old snipping tool back. I tried the same way as u did Spotify, but it didn't work.
Hello @Chris Titus Tech ,i got a question ,It's somehow possible to change saturation on linux like it's possible on windows I rly wanna switch to linux but it's holding me back like I can change saturation on windows throght amd driver display settings but on linux I don't have amd driver display to do that, any ideas how to do that?(my english sucks sry about that)
Hey chris! I tried installing a hyperx app through this method but it doesnt open after installing, even after rebooting. Didnt get any errors through the process. Any tips how to fix? Cheers
Thanks for the "I hate myself" comment with regards to Spotify Install. Very funny. Setting up my bare bones Win11 on a new system drive after my last NVME finally died - this helped greatly. Thanks.
Hey friend, how did you get your win11 installation to be "bare bones" ? Did you use a 3rd-party tool to strip out stuff from the ISO b4 installing, or something else?
didnt know i can do it like that but i did manage to make a simple script so i can just run install and it gets it installs it and removes the app.appx file
It's insne how poorly some sites/services are. For instance, the Realtek Audio Console or HD AUdio Manager should be downloaded from the store as they suggest. Now, search for it manually in their store, you get to knockoff apps with 1 review and a price of 5 dollar. I'm sure a grandmother would think: "Well okay, Mr. Microsoft. After spending 4500 dollar on my basic laptop like the vendor told me, the extra 5 bucks is fine. I'm in when I need to, i want to hear my grandchildren!"
now this video is awesome worked all my problems with microsft store i have the store but there are tons of problem it has now with this method i don't even neeed the store anymore also thanks for dumming it down for us non tech guys you are amazing and i subbed
i realised something clock, Callender and etc are technically wondows store app and are updated using store so what i mean is, there is a possibility to create your own clock and callender and map apps that can totally replace Microsoft store default apps. ofcourse a windows update may mess all this up
Thank you! This link allowed me to install the Apple Music on my Windows on ARM device! As I received, "This product isn't compatible with your PC's processor in the Microsoft store.
This is obviously for knowledgeable / advanced users. How do I know? Because I'm now headed for the medicine cabinet for an Advil. Thanks anyway... onward with my search on how to get the store apps without MS store.
Hi Chris. Is there a video you have made and if so could you link to me about a lean tight machine for gaming uses? I am a new viewer and I see your scripts on your website should i use that? I will be learning to run a lean tight machine and going to learn this stuff on a machine i can mess up first before doing it on my main gaming machines. Thank you.
Whenever i post the link in the thing, it says i did it wrong. I'm trying to install the minecraft launcher because my microsoft store is broken and wont let me download anything
Does this work for Windows 8.1? I want to use my windows tablet together with the Terminal app to SSH into my linux server (using regular powershell or cmd does not have a good support for touch input)
Hello, thank you for the video. Could you explain how to manage the Microsoft Store within an Enterprise environment with Endpoint/intune. For example, prevent the user from downloading apps that are not approved from the Microsoft Store. For example, I dont want staff members the ability to install Netflix or games from the Microsoft Store. What would be best practice, would you completely block Microsoft Store? How would this impact apps that depend on updates from the Microsoft store?
Thanks! really helped me get some lost programs back after Microsoft Store stopped working (that fun error where "Get" does nothing)
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I swear i NEVER comment on videos but THIS? THIS has saved me from so many hours trying to figure out why the Xbox app was not downloading and kept getting an error code!!! I tried NUMEROUS amount of different ways to try and fix it and nothing worked. 5th hour in i was going to give up then remembered that you can force download apps via command prompts! Came across your video, did everything step by step and BOOM! Finally have the app installed after 5 long pain staking hours!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS MY GUY!!!
I’m having problems with my xbox app and have tried this method but when I download the file using the adguard command prompt I just get black screened with the xbox logo. Which app file did you force download? Is it the 305mb file you force download?
"I need some spotify from microsoft store , because i hate myself" , i can stop laughing ...
*can't
@@fastlearner292or maybe (s)he can?
That’s good that you are in control of your laughter well enough to stop it.
Either your being really nice or really mean but i cant really tell 💀
Which one is the real one?
"Microsoft Apps store"
Or
"Microsoft Store"
When I am about to download a game "Microsoft apps store" has *"rtc=1" at the end of its website, something "Microsoft store" doesn't have
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine in case you cannot get the script loaded
and how about HOW you get THAT scripted so it becomes a simple non interactive script to install Winget ??
This is good stuff actually. I used to install the appx packages myself, but this is way easier and I don't think its sketchy.
Man, honestly I followed your tutorial to the dot and got back my beloved snipping tool. Not only that, you also built a curiosity in me to learn more about Powershell. Thanks, man!
hello please help me with your curiosity
You are my hero.
I lost so much data including my mail app and microsoft store when I changed some paths between disks a bit too chaotically. I had tried everything from shady dowloads to trying to contact the microsoft support team, to no avail. So I just decided to look over some codes and study the powershell a bit and there I was! Finding you and the treasure trove that your site and your channel are.
Thank you so much! You also got me more interested in code, so maybe I found a new little hobby too :)
same
zip it up when u done
Legend mate!
P.S: If you guys are struggling restricted access error on user's PC you can run these on your Admin PC and just copy paste all the packages to user's computers and run'em manually you don't need to run all those commands to replicate installation :) Thanks a bunch again.
Titus, could you do a video on uninstalling redundant MS SQL, DotNet and C++ frameworks/library's. Because after doing your debloat and process cleanup, legacy software is still active.
Yeah, a video on properly uninstalling stuff would be nice.
Another upvote
@@ThePowerRanger Yup, that's actually why I'm here, looking around... (can't seem to use/install/UNinstall any WinApps, but they're still there, clogging up my HD; sure, not a LOT of space, but I want it all Gone, and WITHOUT making/using any M$ acct first)
I don't miss the Microsoft Store or Windows Chris. I'm a Linux guy now and have been for the last 10 years.
aint you special
@@gumbi79 Not really. I got pissed off with the blue screen of death, losing all my work and then spending hours re-installing windows, getting what I could back and having to do all the work I had already done and lost. Since moving over to Linux I've had no such problems and even Mrs Martin uses Linux for the very same reasons Jason.
maybe a silly question but how are app updates handled?
not silly in any way
This worked. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I received a forced update to the new Outlook and wanted to revert to the old Windows Mail & Calendar application in W10. With enough patience and diligence, I was able to follow your steps and download the last update to the Windows Communications App. A life-saver!
Nice! ive spent so much time discovering all that by hand and now i can see a more detailed version of it. thanks
Appreciate it! I coudlnt install apps because of a error microsoft couldnt fix and this worked
I have a noob question here, does those windows store apps auto-update themselves without the microsoft store?
I have kept Winget only for software update purposes but my installation doesn't have any microsoft store.
Thank YOU!!!!! I highly suggest you link this one in the NT Lite install. I needed it for my MIxed Reality Headset
do you plan of making a video showing how to customize the power shell like yours cant find anything that works
Thank you for this. My mail app would not update than it was deleted and than it would not download. This fixed it perfectly.
Wish I found this video at the start of my week instead of the end. Great info and worked perfect!
Is it somehow possible to run microsoft store apps in wine in linux?
I needed this because both 3d viewer and 3d builder are amazing applications yet the store was giving me errors when trying to get them.
can u force install app in old pc?
Every online help fails while I am trying to install the broken xbox app from the MS store - and just as it is nothing your guide solved it :D Amazing! Thanks for your guide!
I love you MAN, windows 11 IoT LTSC, to this day, still working.
After a VERY Long time away I installed Windows again alongside my Linux machines 💪😁
You are a legend. Literally used AI and trouble shoot and other stuff, didn't fix anything. Tried your solution, immediately worked. I do not know why this guy shouldn't be a legend right now. This guy deserves at least 1M subs.
xD
"So let's look through here and say, you know what? I'm feeling like I need some Spotify from the Microsoft Store because, I hate myself" -Chris Titus
I laughed a bit too hard there..
How your powershell at the start has those yellow, orange blue ARROW ??
Should i assume the 'spot' is short for spotify? Where did you get that from? How would i install a different app, what would have to change?
Thanks so much Chris, I managed to install the Apps I want on my PC.
Great video thanks. How would this work for paid apps?
Hi Titus, what you think about AME windows 10 ? The pre-build one and the script to de-bloat.
I thought Microsoft killed that project. Well, I think I'm wrong!
Have you added your own 'll'' alias somewhere? (or has MS added one?) iirc 'ls' is an alias of Get-ChildItem in powershell, but they haven't ported the typical ls bash aliases.
So much effort, and this video solves it just like that. I had some bumps along the way but ultimately it did what I, google, microsoft and ChatGPT couldn't.
This is worthy of a Like and Subscribe
I feel you on that, most of the time its 10 different websites telling you to do the same thing.
And if its obscure, then GG
Thank-you. I rarely run and/or trust someone else's script. In my case your script hit the mark, and it's refreshing to find that you made the script smart enough to adapt itself to differing win versions and configurations. kudos!
Hi, I come back to this video whenever I need to install an app and now the copy/paste section of the website is a complete mess and not useful. Could you please fix it?
that's excellent stuff. Does it work for PC Gamepass too? I am quite interested in that 'cos I have the gamepass but want to use it in a clean as possible version of Windows 11
Just tried but it doesn't grab .appx packages which is a bummer.
ctt, is a high tier tech ytuber and in my personal top 10, good job
Since about a week I'm getting multiple errors when the script tries to "register" winget on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. I can't remember if the script tried to register winget before but now it definitely doesn't work properly. Where can I report this?
Cool. But, what about updating the app?
Just wanted to bring your attention towards it.. Xbox game pass and Microsoft games like Minecraft and Forza Horizon requires the Microsoft store to run. I made a windows iso using msmg toolkit And removed the store. After trying to Install the games it refused to run on that iso build. later, had to build another one with the Microsoft store.. So is there a way around it by any chance to bypass those dependencies And run the games without it?
@@FunktaviousRex_ for Minecraft, the launcher from Minecraft official website doesn't support Windows Edition. You will need the Microsoft Store version of the launcher to be able to run it, while having access to other Minecraft versions.
@@gengHAr15 exactly That's the problem... previously that was not the case. The launcher was everything...
hey can you make a video about migrating your pro installation to LTSC branch? please?
and also how long LTSC will be supported i just want wine to get good enough so i can finally switch to arch.
Way, way back I had Windows 10 Pro installed (anything is called "Pro" these days 🙄) and I just made a backup and list of everything to use on the LTSC version.
Ever since I've installed LTSC, I couldn't go back to the crappy bloatware versions that are available.
One of his recent videos did somewhat of the same thing.
@@utubepunk where?
bro this saved me i couldnt get my nvidia control pannel to open and this helped, thank you so much man
Can you just double-click the .appx file, and install it that way? I'm on Windows 11 if it matters.
You won't believe it I was thinking about it yesterday and you uploaded this video
Thanks again. Keep these technical vid coming. So cool. Good job CT!
well now all of a sudden I dont have anything to hold me back to run you clean Windows setup. thanks!
So Chris I have a question I want to completely strip down windows 11 and only install drivers directly from the Asus website my question is from this method can I install the Xbox app and the required updates and ONLY login with my Microsoft account though Xbox is that possible without any possibility that Microsoft either auto repairs the directories, and repositories just to maintain a clean seem less perfect gaming experience thank you for your videos I am inspired with your videos
Exactly what I'm wondering too! So glad someone asked this question, thanks man and I hope he answers this
does it overwrite existing previous versions of the same app? I.e. if you were to download an old spotify version first and then choose the one in the video would it delete or overwrite the existing version?
Is there a way to install the microsoft account componebts later if i for example want to use the onenote app?
had to change my ExecutionPolicy to get this to work, but it worked after that. Thanks!
THANK YOU! my Microsoft store has been broken and wanted to install the update for the game bar
OMG this video was a life saver. Even though Im running the Microsoft Store (it doesn't work but I stil have stuff that I don't want to get rid of that still works for some reason) but I got rid of the XBox app and wanted it back but couldn't download it from the Store app at all.
Hi Chris, I hope you're doing well, in my case I did this but after installing the app, for some reason, it won't open.. i did reboot the system, would you know why could this happen? I love your videos, greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina.
same thing happened ive installed paint for trying it does show up in start menu but it doesnt open
is this for all users, or just the user signed on?
I did the NTLite for win10 image, then did the winget part, was able to launch CTT debloat tool, but I noticed NTLite stripped out snipping tool, and I don't know how to get the old snipping tool back. I tried the same way as u did Spotify, but it didn't work.
how to choose which one is the best from storeadguard links?
Hello @Chris Titus Tech ,i got a question ,It's somehow possible to change saturation on linux like it's possible on windows I rly wanna switch to linux but it's holding me back like I can change saturation on windows throght amd driver display settings but on linux I don't have amd driver display to do that, any ideas how to do that?(my english sucks sry about that)
Ty for this
The linked website in the desc has conflicting "scripts" /commands from the one you used in the vid.
Does this work in Windows 7
Thank u so much ive been doing this for like 5 hours and this helps
Hey chris!
I tried installing a hyperx app through this method but it doesnt open after installing, even after rebooting. Didnt get any errors through the process. Any tips how to fix?
Cheers
same issue did you find a fix?
nope, gave up @@jucelmuni5882
Thanks for the "I hate myself" comment with regards to Spotify Install. Very funny.
Setting up my bare bones Win11 on a new system drive after my last NVME finally died - this helped greatly. Thanks.
Hey friend, how did you get your win11 installation to be "bare bones" ? Did you use a 3rd-party tool to strip out stuff from the ISO b4 installing, or something else?
Is there a way to replace the old version of appx with the latest downloaded offline appx?
Thank you!
how you made powershell that cool?
I'd love to see if you can use this to run Microsoft store programs on linux with wine. I tried to do that a while back and fell short
Thank you for this... Needed it
didnt know i can do it like that but i did manage to make a simple script so i can just run install and it gets it installs it and removes the app.appx file
Hi Chris..!
Can I do this on Linux(Ubuntu)?
Worked like a charm, tyvvm!
This is sooo useful!!!
Thanks dude, your videos are stellar.
It's insne how poorly some sites/services are. For instance, the Realtek Audio Console or HD AUdio Manager should be downloaded from the store as they suggest. Now, search for it manually in their store, you get to knockoff apps with 1 review and a price of 5 dollar. I'm sure a grandmother would think: "Well okay, Mr. Microsoft. After spending 4500 dollar on my basic laptop like the vendor told me, the extra 5 bucks is fine. I'm in when I need to, i want to hear my grandchildren!"
now this video is awesome worked all my problems with microsft store
i have the store but there are tons of problem it has now with this method i don't even neeed the store anymore also thanks for dumming it down for us non tech guys you are amazing and i subbed
i realised something
clock, Callender and etc are technically wondows store app and are updated using store
so what i mean is, there is a possibility to create your own clock and callender and map apps that can totally replace Microsoft store default apps.
ofcourse a windows update may mess all this up
Thank you! This link allowed me to install the Apple Music on my Windows on ARM device! As I received, "This product isn't compatible with your PC's processor in the Microsoft store.
Chris how did you get the powershell to look so cool?
@Albert Escanes huh?
Many thanks. This is very useful.
Also; watching your tutorials teaches one additional (computer-) skills. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is obviously for knowledgeable / advanced users. How do I know? Because I'm now headed for the medicine cabinet for an Advil. Thanks anyway... onward with my search on how to get the store apps without MS store.
como puedo borrar los registros de aplicaciones de microft store tengo una que ya la elimine, aun asi me sale el servicio ejecutandose
Hi Chris. Is there a video you have made and if so could you link to me about a lean tight machine for gaming uses? I am a new viewer and I see your scripts on your website should i use that? I will be learning to run a lean tight machine and going to learn this stuff on a machine i can mess up first before doing it on my main gaming machines. Thank you.
Do I need to activate the developer mode or it is not necessary when you use Power Shell
I want to install Store Apps that are "not compatible" with Windows 10 LTSC. This method doesn't work 😪 I'm trying to install Windows Notepad
Whenever i post the link in the thing, it says i did it wrong. I'm trying to install the minecraft launcher because my microsoft store is broken and wont let me download anything
same here, did you fix it or not?
Same here. Still looking for a fix for the problem
how did you customize powershell?
These are the same app stores when the Surface RT was able to run Windows 10. They worked but limited on the RT
You're a Legend Man!, you saved my life...
What a lifesaver thank you 🎉❤
OMG this helped me so much. Love you.
can you still install and use microsoft gaming xbox services etc... ?
Added the HEIC file reader to my windows. Thanks. :D
Do they update automatically or do I have to do it manually?
7:11 "Spotify version of Microsoft app" 🤔
Thanx Bro, You're a Legend
Nobody got time to open Microsoft store
just fast script Thanks Titus.
Does this work for Windows 8.1? I want to use my windows tablet together with the Terminal app to SSH into my linux server (using regular powershell or cmd does not have a good support for touch input)
Hello, thank you for the video. Could you explain how to manage the Microsoft Store within an Enterprise environment with Endpoint/intune. For example, prevent the user from downloading apps that are not approved from the Microsoft Store. For example, I dont want staff members the ability to install Netflix or games from the Microsoft Store. What would be best practice, would you completely block Microsoft Store? How would this impact apps that depend on updates from the Microsoft store?
You are a legend. Thanks a million!
I would like to know what apps people can only get on the mirosoft store that are not on winget or choco?
Here 2024, what you show in the video is not what is on the website you have provided
Can I install the Astro command center? I'm asking because for whatever reason the app store is not letting me after I had to reboot my laptop.
Thanks man truly a legend