"The app you're trying to install isn't a Microsoft-verified app" pop-up warning appears when a user downloads and tries to install an application from somewhere other than Microsoft Store. In Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a new setting that restricts users to installing applications exclusively from Microsoft Store. To get around this limitation, you can try one of the solutions below:
Solution 1: Change Microsoft Store settings
Note, these settings may be unavailable in Windows build version below 1909.
- Click the Start Menu button
- Open Settings, then go to Apps
- Where it says "Installing apps only from Windows Store helps protect your device", click the drop-down list and select "Anywhere"
Solution 2: Use command line for installing the application
- Click Start Menu and type "cmd" in the search field
- Right-click "Command Prompt" and choose to run it as administrator
- Type "cd" followed by the full path to the containing folder of the app's installation package, e.g.: cd C:\Users\Username\Desktop
- Type the name of the installation file, e.g.: setup.exe
- Press Enter to begin the installation
Solution 3: Get out of S mode
Windows Home S mode is an increased security version of Windows Home edition, which permits applications from the Microsoft Store only. If you are using Home S and want to be able to download and install applications from somewhere else, you need to switch to the normal Home mode.
- Click Start Menu
- Got to Settings, then System, then About and check if your Windows version is Home or Home S
- If it is Home S, go to Settings, then Update & Security
- Click Go to the Store, which should open a page that says Switch Out of S Mode
- Click the Get button, then Install
- Once installed, go back to About and check if you have been switched from Home S to the normal Home edition
Example: go to
Start - Settings - Apps - Apps & features - Installing apps, and select either
Allow apps from anywhere or
Turn off app recommendations (the exact words vary depending on your Windows version).
