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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Windows 8.1 Help and How to | Activation => Topic started by: javajolt on January 06, 2013, 11:04:24 PM
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Windows 8/RT lets you buy/install the apps from Store using your Microsoft accounts and usually the Microsoft account you use on your Windows 8 PC is used to buy the apps from Store but, you can install apps from another Microsoft account without changing the Microsoft account of your Windows 8.
If, you bought/installed an app from Store using a Microsoft account e.g. named as ‘Test1’ but, you aren’t using it on your Windows 8 devices instead, you are using the account named ‘Test2’ then, you can get the apps you bought from ‘Test1’ on the ‘Test2’ PC by just signing in from the other account.
How installing apps from one account to another is useful?
If, you bought an app on your Microsoft account named as Test1 but, you aren’t using it as your primary account on your Windows 8 PC then, you can install the app you bought on ‘Test1’ on ‘Test2’ PC. In this way, you will get the app from the account through which you bought the app on the account which you use on your PC hence, saving you from buying the app again from the other accounts.
Similarly, if, you have been buying a lot of apps from an accounts but, it’s not your primary account on Windows 8 PC then, this trick can be very useful as you can install apps from that as well on your primary accounts easily with one click.
So, if you want to get the apps from one Microsoft account in another one which is your primary accounts then, you are at the right place.
Just follow the instructions below to install apps from Store from another Microsoft account.
Instructions:
• First of all, open up the Store app and go to ‘Settings’ by pressing ‘Windows key + I’ or swiping from right and selecting ‘Settings’.
• Your ‘Settings‘ Charm will open. Here you would see the ‘Your account‘ option. Press it.
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• ‘Your account’ page will open in the Store app. Here you will see the user account which you are using to buy and install Windows 8 apps from Store.
• Now, if you want to buy/install the apps from another account then, press the ‘Change user’ button.
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• You will be asked to enter the details of that account. Enter them and press ‘Save’.
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Note: Don’t worry, you can always switch back to the old account easily.
• Your new account’s email would be showed on top under the ‘Your account’ page.
• Now, you are using the other account in Store for buying and installation.
source:windows8core