I can’t stand it Open Microsoft Store. It’s slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of uninteresting ads. Luckily, thanks to new features, you’ll never have to open the Microsoft Store again.

last week microsoft announced New command line interface for Microsoft Store. You can quickly access it by opening PowerShell and typing “store”. If a command doesn’t work, make sure you’re running all the current commands. Windows 11 Update information.

If it works, you’ll see fancy ASCII art with a list of subcommands. It shows how you can search, install, and even update software with just a few keystrokes.

Linux Users are accustomed to installing software from the command line, and Mac users know how to find third-party tools such as: MAS for Mac App Store. I can’t recall a mainstream commercial operating system that includes a way to browse and install software from a commercial app store using only commands.

Microsoft’s implementation is very good. For example, you don’t need to know the exact name of an app to install something. While testing this new interface, I typed “store install firefox”, not sure if it would work. The tool searched the store, found the app most likely to match “firefox,” told me the company that made it (Mozilla in this case), and asked if it was actually the one I wanted to install.

I can’t overstate how easy this makes installing software. Similar services I’ve tested don’t work this way. You need to know the exact name used by the package manager. Otherwise an error will occur. It’s really great to see this implemented well.

There are also drawbacks. This tool can only install applications that are available in the Microsoft Store, which is inherently limited. Some very popular apps, such as Google Chrome and Paint.net, are not available this way. However, there are many applications out there, and you may not know what’s there and what’s not. You can search for a store by typing “store search” and entering your query. You can find out more by typing “store show” followed by the name of your application.

You can also browse the Microsoft Store. When you run the “storebrows-apps” command, you’ll see several categories that you can explore, including the bestseller list. When you combine these commands, you can do almost anything you can do in the Microsoft Store faster.