Subj : Windows 11s new Restore Apps feature is so close to being great
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed May 24 2023 10:45:04

Windows 11s new Restore Apps feature is so close to being great

Date:
Wed, 24 May 2023 09:35:29 +0000

Description:
Microsoft is making it easy to get Windows 11 on a new PC with all your apps 
and customizations  but theres a catch.

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 Windows 11 will soon be much easier to set up exactly how you like it on a 
new PC thanks to a freshly introduced feature which has now entered testing. 

 PC World reports that Microsoft revealed the new Restore Apps feature at its 
Build conference for developers. 

The feature  if turned on, as apparently its an optional ability  will shift 
not just your personal data onto a new PC (as can already be done via 
OneDrive, of course), but also your apps (with a catch  well come back to 
that). Also, itll port over the customization you have applied to the 
interface too  so, for example, your desktop icons and layout, or apps you 
have pinned to the taskbar. 

In essence, this means you can fire up a new installation of Windows 11 and 
soon have it exactly like your old system, with a minimum of hassle and 
effort. 

As you might imagine, though, to get Restore Apps rolling and the full 
benefit of this easy migration to a new machine, youll need to be signed into 
a Microsoft Account (as opposed to using Windows 11 with a local account). 
(Image credit: Microsoft) Analysis: A couple of caveats 

This is a great move from Microsoft in terms of making it really easy to get 
a new PC going. The catch is that with the apps being reinstalled, Windows 11 
only preserves applications youve installed from the Microsoft Store, so you 
will have to manually set up other software. 

And yes, you do have to use your Microsoft Account for the Windows 11 
installation, but thats no surprise. We dont have a problem with Microsoft 
leveraging its account where necessary and when its of genuine benefit to 
users, after all. (What we dont like to see is dubious suggestions and help 
in the Start menu which are just thinly veiled adverts for an account ). 

Were told that Restore Apps should be available to testers imminently, 
perhaps by the time you read this, but its not clear in which channel 
Microsoft will deploy the feature first (Canary or Dev, presumably).



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11s-new-restore-apps-feature-is-so-clos
e-to-being-great


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