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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Windows 8.1 Help and How to | Activation => Topic started by: javajolt on July 07, 2014, 07:33:17 PM
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We have seen how to disable Automatic App Updates in Windows 8. If you do not have any use for the Windows Store and never use any Windows Store apps, you may, if you wish, disable access to or turn off the Windows Store in Windows 8.1, using the Group Policy Editor.
Turn off Windows Store application
Using Group Policy Editor
To disable access to or turn off the Windows Store, type gpedit.msc in Run box and hit Enter to open the Local Group Policy Editor. Navigate to the following setting:
Computer Configuration > Administartive Templates > Windows Components > Store
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In the right pane, you will see the setting Turn off the Store application.
Double-click on it to open the Settings box, select Enabled and clicked Apply.
This setting denies or allows access to the Store application. If you enable this setting, access to the Store application is denied. Access to the Store is required for installing app updates. If you disable or don’t configure this setting, access to the Store application is allowed.
Exit Group Policy Editor.
Using Registry Editor
If your version of Windows 8 does not have the Group Policy Editor, Run regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore
Create a new DWORD value in the WindowsStore key. Name it RemoveWindowsStore and give it a value of 1. If the WindowsStore key does no exist, create it, first.
Restart your Windows 8.1 computer.
You will have disabled the Windows Store application, and if anyone tried to open it, they will receive the following message:
Windows Store isn’t available on this PC. Contact your system administrator for more information
Hope this helps.
twc