Should you install the Desktop version of an app or download it from the Microsft Store? George Cox has some thoughts in this week's PC Periodicals.

Remote Desktop app for Windows is being phased out by Microsoft, users urged to transition. The app will not be available for download after May 27, 2025. Some features will be blocked.

Popular messaging service Telegram has brought its desktop app to the Windows Store with a little help from Microsoft's desktop app bridge.

Did you get a Surface Laptop and don't want to ditch Windows 10 S, but you need to run win32 apps? Here's one way to use desktop apps on Windows 10 S.

Windows 11 offers its own native widgets, but they can't be pinned directly onto the desktop - these apps let you take matters into your own hands.

Electron is a framework for building desktop applications. Microsoft has been working on "Teams 2.0", which reportedly will move the desktop app off Electron in pursuit of better performance.

Slack's Desktop client is available in the Windows 10 app Store. Here's how and why it got there.

Microsoft’s Project Centennial lets developers publish their desktop applications in the Windows Store, meaning that Windows 10 Cloud isn’t limited to just Windows Universal Apps.