Microsoft To Do Appx ((EXCLUSIVE)) Download
Artemisia Grieves
Our task is to download the installation appx file of the universal application from the Microsoft Store. There are two ways to get a direct HTTP(S) link to download the APPX file: using a special online service and using the Fiddler tool.
There is a more complicated way to get a direct download link for the APPX installer of the Microsoft Store application. When you install any application, the Microsoft Store client on your computer receives a direct HTTP/HTTPS link to download the .appx file. You can grab the URL of this direct link using the Fiddler tool, which is used to inspect and debug HTTP traffic.
Switch to the Fiddler window and monitor the HTTP sessions of the Store application. There are quite a few of them. To find the event of access to the URL with the application file, you can use the session search (Find -> type appx ->Find sessions).
Fiddler will highlight the URL with the appx keyword in the URL in yellow. In our example, we are interested in the following session: Result: 200, Protocol: HTTP, Host: tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com. Copy the received URL to the clipboard by selecting Copy -> Just Url from the context menu.
It remains to open the received URL in any browser and save the file with the .appx extension to your local drive. The file can be downloaded using any Download Manager or with PowerShell (How to download a file over HTTP using PowerShell).
Copy the appx (appxbundle) app and dependencies files to another Windows 10 (Windows Server 2016/2019) computer and install offline bypassing the Windows Store with a simple double click on the appx file.
Windows 10 Store on my office computer is blocked. So I downloaded desired App at my home cComputer as described. Works well, I can install the App on my home computer without difficulties (no dependencies).
However installation at office (Windows 10 corporate version) fails. Error-message says that there are missing dependencies or missing .Net (but .Net is there).
Have you any idea what the problem could be? Is it possible to install the appx on other computers? Is it possible to install the appx on corporate OS?
You may need an admin to install or change them if you don't have microsoft store access. These come with each build of Win 10 and many are required for certain aspects to work... examples: cortana. You can use the cmdlet Get-AppxPackagein powershell to see what is installed for your user. it will provide a big list of them.