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Windows 8.x+ has an app store, but sometimes I think even Microsoft doesn't know it exists by all the crap and impostors it's listing in it.

here are some common search terms:

antivirus: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/search#q=antiviru...

ccleaner: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/search#q=ccleaner...

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Windows store is not a real store which you can download regular windows apps. I think they only want to use it for metro apps and I think their functionality are far from native apps.

You can get your desktop app listed in the store and point the customer to your own website for installation and purchase. It's obscure, but yes.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14944527/non-metro-app-fo...

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2012/06/08/list...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn37...

That app store is for Modern apps.

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