{"id":2689,"date":"2021-10-19T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickhows.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2022-06-07T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:00:46","slug":"desktop-shortcut-windows-store-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickhows.com\/articles\/desktop-shortcut-windows-store-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Create A Desktop Shortcut To Any Windows Store App"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2689\" class=\"elementor elementor-2689\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9417087 article-style elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9417087\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15f08084\" data-id=\"15f08084\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd3cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dd3cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ever since Windows 8 introduced store apps, users have been able to install &#8220;classic&#8221; 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