Comments on: Arrow Down sign on Windows 8.1 app tiles does not go away https://www.thewindowsclub.com/new-arrow-sign-windows-8-1-app-tiles-puzzles-users TheWindowsClub covers authentic Windows 11, Windows 10 tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware. Created by Anand Khanse, MVP. Sat, 03 Jul 2021 15:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anand Khanse https://www.thewindowsclub.com/new-arrow-sign-windows-8-1-app-tiles-puzzles-users#comment-32795 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76520#comment-32795 In reply to Exotic Hadron.

Thank you for the link and explanation. :)

]]> By: Exotic Hadron https://www.thewindowsclub.com/new-arrow-sign-windows-8-1-app-tiles-puzzles-users#comment-32792 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76520#comment-32792 It looks like the down arrow superimposed on app tile indicates a synchronized application, a Modern/Windows Store application that is not installed on the current computer, but is installed on another computer with the same user account.

Consider you share your user account across several computers and both computers have different sets of installed apps. Now you upgrade one of your computers to Windows 8.1. After upgrade, Windows 8.1 will sync app with other computers. Those apps that are not present on the upgraded computer will show up on its Star screen. However, because they are not installed yet, their tiles will have down arrows drawn over them.

This is similar to what is known as advertised package in terms of Windows Installer features: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870716/en-us

Advertised applications show in Add or Remove Programs applet or on Desktop/Programs and are automatically installed once you click their icon.

]]> By: Anand Khanse https://www.thewindowsclub.com/new-arrow-sign-windows-8-1-app-tiles-puzzles-users#comment-29843 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76520#comment-29843 In reply to vasudev.

Oh … OK – I never got to see the arrows …. or maybe I just did not look!

]]> By: vasudev https://www.thewindowsclub.com/new-arrow-sign-windows-8-1-app-tiles-puzzles-users#comment-29840 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76520#comment-29840 I too have many apps with download arrow after I installed Windows 8.1. My experience is different. These apps are not downloaded and are not active. And when I clcik on it, the download starts and a progress bar is seen at bottom of the app & when the download is complete, the name of app appears & it starts working.

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