Windows 11 Inside Out

Chapter 5

Installing and configuring apps

• Understanding the Windows app landscape

• Installing, managing, and uninstalling apps

• Managing apps and processes with Task Manager

• Managing startup apps

• Setting default apps and file-type associations

• Turning Windows features on or off

• Setting AutoPlay options

Apps make it possible to get things done with Microsoft Windows. That’s true for businesses of all sizes, which use productivity apps like Outlook, Word, and Excel to enable employees to create, collaborate, and communicate. Large organizations often rely on a mix of custom line-of-business applications and off-the-shelf accounting and management software, some of it written decades ago. And apps aren’t just for work, as the success of PC-based ...