# Why not upload Anki to Microsoft Store **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [February 11, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-not-upload-anki-to-microsoft-store/17524 "2022-02-11T07:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UTF-1F357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ad7895/32.png) [@UTF-1F357](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/UTF-1F357)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-not-upload-anki-to-microsoft-store/17524/1 "2022-02-11T07:03:00Z")
As far as I know now Microsoft Store can upload applications for free, it can be win32.exe instead of UWP. Even firefox is available in MS store now (my English is poor and these words above are translated with translation software) ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-not-upload-anki-to-microsoft-store/17524/2 "2022-02-11T07:10:30Z")
> [@Feature request: continuous deployment to desktop app stores](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-continuous-deployment-to-desktop-app-stores/8667/3): > > It’s not simple. The web component Anki is built on can’t be used on the Mac app store due to Apple’s rules. On Windows, the last time I tried, the packaging process caused audio to stop working. ---
**Author:** ![UTF-1F357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ad7895/32.png) [@UTF-1F357](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/UTF-1F357)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-not-upload-anki-to-microsoft-store/17524/3 "2022-02-11T07:13:53Z")
Thanks for your reply, this is indeed more complicated than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-not-upload-anki-to-microsoft-store/17524/4 "2023-05-01T04:32:13Z")