Microsoft Store remembers App history for local users

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Windows 10 users have two options when it comes to user accounts on a system running the operating system: they can use a Microsoft Account or a local account.

Both account types have permissions to access the integrated Microsoft Store to download apps or games from the Store; Microsoft unlocked the option in 2016 for local accounts. Microsoft records the application history, the installed applications on the device, for both user account types but restricts access and data for local accounts.

Windows 10 users who use local accounts and the Microsoft Store will notice that Microsoft remembers installed applications. The data seems to be linked to the hardware ID of the device that Microsoft uses for activation purposes; means: a re-installation of the operating system or formatting the hard drive has no impact on the application history as it will become available again when local accounts are created on the device.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/11/05/micros...cal-users/