Alt App Installer

A program to download and install microsoft store apps, for cli version check alt app installer cli

Features

• This program can download and install microsoft store uwp apps (appx,msix,eappx,appxbundle...) without needing microsoft store or App installer
• It can also download non-uwp apps present in microsoft store
• Auto downloads the latest app according to your system architecture (x64/x32)
• Priority for downloading [Appx,Msix,appxbundle...] over other encrypted format like Eappx which needs admin privilage to install
• Can install already downloaded microsoft store apps (appx,msix,appxbundle...)
• Can get microsoft store apps by providing its url
• Uses custom link generation to produce download links using API from StoreLib and MS-Store-API
• Uses concurrent/multi-part downloader using pypdl for fast downloading
• Can resume interrupted downloads
• Automatically use a new url in case current one expires
• Downloads and install app along with all dependencies

How it works

• The app open an browser which allows the user to select the file(application/games) they want to install and returns its url
• The url is parsed and the product key is obtained then, using Microsoft-Display-Catalog-API categoryid and file name is retrived
• Using these data the app can send a request to Microsoft-Delivery-Optimization-service-API and retrive data of the selected application, this data is further parsed based on
  • System architecture of the user(x64/x32)
  • Favorable type(these are decrypted file formats, which doesn't need admin privilage to install)
  • Latest version
• Then it retrives the download links for the parsed data using the API and the files are downloaded using pypdl, which allows for concurrent/multi-part downloading this makes the download faster.It also has the ability to resume interrupted downloads and can also automatically use a new url in case current download link expires.
• Finally it installs the downloaded files via System.Management.Automation.dll using pythonnet

Requirements

• windows 10/11
• An internet connection

How to use the app

• Download the "alt app installer.exe" and run it or build it from source
• Now open the "alt app installer.exe" file in the extracted folder ("alt app installer" folder) and run it (the first run can take time)
• click on choose app and search for the app you want to install and click on select in top bar after the page has fully loaded
• Wait for the process to complete, afterwards check for the app in start menu
• You can also install already downloaded apps via "Install from file" in "Options"
• You can also install the app by manually pasting its url in "Get from Link" in "Options"

How to build from source

• Install git
• Open a git bash terminal run the command git clone https://github.com/mjishnu/alt-app-installer
• Now install python3 and pip, go to the cloned folder and run the command pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run the "run.bat" or run the command .\run in the terminal from the cloned folder
• Enjoy!

Video Guide

https://youtu.be/ayIilTc-6u4

FAQ

• How to Solve Failed to install Dependencies ?

  In some cases, this occurs since the dependencies are already installed on your pc. So check wheather the program is installed from start menu. if the program is still not installed, then there are 2 ways to solve this. [only try the 2nd method if 1st method failed]

  1. Enable Ignore Version (Options --> Advanced --> Dependencies --> Ignore Version), this will download all version of dependencies available for your system
  2. Enable Ignore All Filters (Options --> Advanced --> Dependencies --> Ignore All Filters), this will download all available dependencies (can take time)

• For other issues

  You can open an issue or ask me directly in discord

Credits

• StoreLib: API for download link generation
• pypdl: Downloader
• MS-Store-API: API for download link generation