Third-party apps are programs that you install on your Windows PC or mobile devices, usually from unofficial sources. They can be helpful, but they also come with a lot of risks and dangers.

While Flyby11 lets you bypass Microsoft's stringent system requirements for Windows 11, you can customize Windows 11 beyond the available options using a third-party tool dubbed Seelen UI Utility.

Microsoft is opening up its own Windows store to third-party app storefronts. Amazon and Epic Games will be listing their stores in the Microsoft Store soon, and Microsoft is hoping more will follow.

Updates for third-party apps can be deferred based on user activity, system performance, connection to AC power, and the best times. They'll also take advantage of native Windows Update notifications.

Finally making use of the Desktop Bridge announced during Build 2016, Microsoft will now allow third-party developers to bring existing desktop apps into the Windows Store. While the store was ...

Also in preview: a settings backup feature to support OS upgrades Microsoft is previewing a Windows Update orchestration platform for app developers and management tool vendors, aiming to ...

Microsoft says it will soon allow third-party storefront apps, including those of Amazon and Epic Games, to be discoverable via is Windows store. "Just like any other app," Microsoft writes in a ...

First, interia. The average iPhone user probably won’t even know that third-party app stores exist, and even those who do will likely continue to use the App Store out of habit.

So far, at least two customization apps won't install or run in the current beta for this year's major Windows 11 update. Microsoft may try to block third-party customization apps in Windows 11 ...

Huyn said he will “work closely with Microsoft now to convince Snapchat to change its mind,” but the U.S. company is taking a zero tolerance approach to third party apps after two of them were ...

Microsoft is opening up its Microsoft Store to third-party storefront apps from companies including Amazon and Epic Games. In a blog post , Microsoft Store GM Giorgio Sardo called it a ...