How to Use Windows 10 Windows Store Effectively?

Windows 10 Tutorial 7: Windows Store

With new windows 10 upgrade, a lot more improvements come to the windows operating systems. Here Microsoft fully converts system as one major account which can operate like your new mail account. Windows 10 features are also well upgraded and help to effectively utilize it with your internet connection. Such one of the feature is Windows Store. In this Windows 10 Tutorials, I am going show how to use the windows store effectively and different purposes of it.

Before going to tutorial, you should know about some details about Windows Store. I think you are well known about Google Play Store. Like play store, Microsoft windows have millions apps collection for windows phone. Now, apps are integrated to windows pc also with Windows Store. It helps to access all useful apps, games etc in your Windows 10 PC. You can enjoy all apps and games in pc and you only need windows 10 pc with solid internet connection.

Windows Store contains both free and paid versions of apps, games, Xbox games, Music, Movies and TV shows. If you want to find a specific app, you can use the search bar provided in home interface. You can see it in the above image. All of apps, games etc are well arranged and no difficulties to find the required apps/games/movies/music.

Main uses of Windows Store

It helps to use social site apps, multimedia, office apps etc
You can access the windows phone games in your laptop
Download Xbox games to your pc
Buy and watch movies and TV program episodes
Buy and listen different genre music with it

Let us show how to use windows 10 windows store for different purposes with step by step image.

Windows 10 Tutorials 7: How to Download Apps from Windows Store

This is tutorial is base of all other tutorials in this post. I only mark the step numbers in the below tutorials to avoid repetitions. Let us begin it.

Note: Before going to use Windows Store, You must connect your computer with Internet

Step 1

Find the Windows Store app in your PC user interface and open it. You can find it in your taskbar as well as start menu. Click on the Windows store app icon in your PC taskbar as shown below.

To access it via start menu, click on the start menu button and you can see the windows store app in the tiled apps section, which is also shown in the image below.

Click on the app to open it.

If you don’t have proper internet connection, app is not going to open until you have solid internet connection. The speed of the app is depends upon your internet connection speed.

Step 2

You can see the home interface in your pc like in the image below.

Home UI shows top rated apps, games, music, movies and Xbox games. Here you need to find the apps. So move to apps by clicking on the apps menu.

You can see the apps page and select or search the required apps in this page. For example, I am going to select a free app called ‘Facebook’. Here I am going to show how to download it to your windows 10 pc.

Just click on the Facebook apps and then it directed to Facebook app page. Here you can see the apps

details, app screenshots, features, rating and reviews of it. Before downloading the windows apps, you should read the reviews and rating of customers. It helps to find the good and bad apps in the store.

Click on the “Free” blue button as marked in the above image to start download of this app. When the app starts to download, you can see the progress in the download section. You can find it top side, right end of menu bar.

After completing the install the Facebook app appear in the start menu tiled section. From there, you can open it and enjoy the facebook like in your mobile.

This way you download any windows apps to your computer using windows store app.

Windows 10 Tutorials 7: How to Download Games from Store

Follow the Step 1 in the top tutorial.

Step 2

Click on the “Games” menu section and you can see the free as well as paid games with rating and price.

Here I select free game called “Hill Climb Racing”. Click on it and you will direct to hill climb racing page. Here you see the details of the game, screenshots etc like the app page.

Click on the “Free” button and your game will start to download. This way you download all games in your windows store app.

Windows 10 Tutorials 7: How to Download Music from Store

Follow the Step 1 in the top tutorial.

Step 2

Go to “Music” menu and select the music you want to listen in your windows 10 computer.

Click on the any music and you will go to that music page.

Before you download, you listen the preview of the music. To see the preview, just select the music and click on the play button like in the below image.

To download it, click on the price button and you need to buy it. It will ask you to enter the Microsoft account PIN number.

Then you will directed to add payment page.

Click on the “Add payment method”. It will go to page with payment method section, either credit card or paypal. Select one of the payment methods you have. Here I am select “Paypal”.

Click on the “Next” button.

Update your account by click on the “Continue” button. It will help to add your PayPal account to Microsoft account. If your Microsoft account mail id is have active paypal account, you will redirect to paypal login page and you can done the payment. After that you can download the music to your pc. Otherwise it shows your payment method is not active and tries by another way.

This way you can download music to your computer using windows store app.

You can also download Movies&TV shows using the Windows Store app. I will show how to download movies&tv shows using the this app in the upcoming tutorials.

I think you can easily follow my instructions. If you don’t feel free to contact me via comment box or contact form. Thank you and waiting for your honest opinions.