How to force application updates in Windows 8

There are times when we are certain that an application for Windows 8 has been updated, and yet the update does not reach our computers. Yesterday, for example, we told you that Microsoft is going to launch today a revision of the Calendar, Mail and Contacts applications in Windows 8.

If we suspect that an update is available and we don't have it, Windows 8 provides a simple procedure to force an update or group of them. In this small guide we are going to see how we can supply the automation of updates, doing these manually.

h2. Force an update in Windows 8

"Open the Store application and with the right mouse button click on an empty area of ​​the screen. This will display a menu at the top of the screen with two items: “Main” and “Your applications”. We select the second option: “Your applications” ."

The described action will take us to a screen that will show all the software installed from the Windows 8 application store. At this point, we will display the right sidebar (Charm bar) and click on the icon “ Setting".

Of all the items displayed in the menu, we will select “Application Updates”. When the screen with the same name appears, click on "Check for updates".

This last action will take us to another screen where we will have all the applications that can be updated.

"We select those of our preference (by default they are all marked to update) and we will click on the control install>"

This will start the download of the chosen updates.