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How to Add Microsoft Store App to Desktop in Windows 11/10

This post introduces how to make a desktop shortcut for apps from Microsoft Store and how to create a desktop shortcut for Microsoft Store app in Windows 10/11. 

Here’s a guide for how to make a desktop shortcut for apps from Microsoft Store in Windows 10/11. For easy access to Microsoft Store, you can also create a desktop shortcut for Microsoft Store app on Windows 10/11. Check the detailed guides below.

How to Make a Desktop Shortcut for Apps from Microsoft Store

You can easily download and install apps through Microsoft Store on Windows 10/11 by clicking the Get or Install button on the app’s page. After you installed the app, you can follow the steps below to add the Microsoft Store app to desktop.

To view all installed applications incuding classic desktop apps and Microsoft Store apps in your system, you can press Windows + R, type shell:AppsFolder in the Run dialog and press Enter to open the Applications folder in File Explorer.

Here you can drag and drop the shortcut of the desired app to the desktop. Or you can right-click the target app and select Create shortcut. It will instantly create a desktop shortcut for the target app.

create a desktop shortcut for apps in Windows

Conclusion

This post introduces how to add Microsoft Store app to desktop by creating a desktop shortcut. It also explains how to create a Microsoft Store desktop shortcut to easily access Microsoft Store in Windows 10/11.

Credit: https://www.minitool.com/news/add-microsoft-store-app-to-desktop.html

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