Windows 11 may soon restore apps during setup

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Microsoft revealed that Windows 11 will be getting such functionality this year. It works for Microsoft accounts and will save information about apps in the cloud. A user who has used the feature on a PC in the past may use it to restore apps and some settings on another device. This may speed up setup of a new Windows PC's.

Windows users who sign-in with a Microsoft account receive a prompt during the initial setup of the device. Microsoft asks them whether they want to restore apps and settings from a backup. Users who accept this will have the apps downloaded from the Microsoft Store when they select the application icons on their taskbar and Start Menu. It is not as automated as it could be, as apps appear to be downloaded only when a user activates an icon for the first time.

Windows 11 may soon restore apps during setup - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft Windows 11 users may soon restore applications during setup if they have used the operating system's cloud backup feature.

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Here's a look at Microsoft's new Windows Backup app - gHacks Tech News

We take a closer look at Microsoft's new Windows Backup app for Windows 11. Let's find out what it can do, and what it cannot.

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Microsoft has released a new Windows Backup app for users in the Dev Channel. The app will allow users to backup their data to the cloud.
The new app is pre-installed in the latest version, which is Insider Preview Build 23466. Microsoft says that users can test the new Windows Backup app by creating a virtual machine using the latest Windows 11 Preview ISO, or by resetting their PC for an out-of-the-box experience (OOBE). I created a new VM to test out the backup and restore options. The Windows set-up process does let you pick the PC that you would like to restore the data from. It's a straightforward experience that can be useful if you just bought a new PC and want to set it up like your old one.

 

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If you reset your PC, all your data is still there and can be recovered.

You used to have install a third party utility to backup and restore it but now Windows can perform it without user intervention.