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How to Run Google Play Store on Windows 11

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How to Run Google Play Store on Windows 11 – Guide

During the first time, Android apps can be installed on Windows. On Windows 11, all Android apps, games and alerts are natively supported. The official Amazon Appstore, on the other hand, is available exclusively to Windows Insiders. However, you can use Google Play services on Windows 11 with some changes in the original Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) package. To install the Google Play Store on your Windows 11 device, follow the instructions in this article.

Install Google Play Store on Windows 11

We recommend starting with a “clean” installation with no existing instances of Windows Subsystem for Android. If you already have one, uninstall it.

  • Press Win + R and enter optional features. You need this to enable the virtual machine platform and Windows subsystem for Linux. The latter is needed to modify the WSA kernel to include Google Services.
  • Place checkmarks next to Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.
  • Click OK and wait for Windows to download the necessary files. Restart your computer once prompted.
  • Now it’s time to download Windows Subsystem for Android. Open the store.rg-adguard.net page. Allows you to download files from the Microsoft Store.
  • Set the first dropdown to ProductID and paste 9P3395VX91NR into the search box. Select Slow from the second drop-down menu and click the button with a checkmark icon.
  • The site will generate a list of files available for download. Scroll down and find the largest files that “weigh” approximately 1.2GB. It has the msixbundle extension in its name.
  • Also, download the Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6_2.62112.3002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx file. You may need it in future troubleshooting steps.
  • Open the OpenGapps website. There you will download Google Services to your computer. Select x86_64 platform, Android 11.0 and pico variant. Click on the big red button to download the file.
  • Then install Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store.
  • Finally, access a GitHub repository using this link and download WSAGAScript.

    • These are all the files needed to install Google Play Store on Windows 11. Now we will show you how to prepare the files and modify the WSA kernel.

  • Find the large msixbundle file you downloaded from store.rg-adguard.net. Open the file in any file app. 7Zip is a solid variant that you can download for free from the official website.
  • You will find many msix files inside the archive. Find the biggest one (approximately 720 MB) and open it inside 7Zip.
  • Launch File Explorer and navigate to the C drive. There, create a new folder and rename it to WindowsSubsystemAndroid.
  • Go back to 7Zip with the msix file open. Extract all files from the archive to the WindowsSubsystemAndroid folder.
  • Now you need to remove several files and folders. Delete the AppsMetadata, AppxBlockMap, AppxSignature and Content_Types directory.
  • Go to C drive and create another folder. This time, rename it to GAppsWSA.
  • Open the WSAGAScript file and the only folder inside it. Extract all files from the folder to GAppsWSA.
  • Find the file you downloaded from the OpenGapps website and copy it to C:GAppsWSA#Gapps (assuming your current Windows installation is on drive C).
  • Now return to WindowsSubsystemAndroid on C drive and copy the product, system, syste_ext and vendor files to the C:GAppsWSA#IMAGES folder.

    • All files are now locked and loaded, ready to hack inside WSL.

  • Start Ubuntu from the Start menu. If this is the first time you are booting Ubuntu, the operating system will show an error and ask you to download the Linux kernel update package.
  • You can get it from Microsoft’s official documentation using this link.
  • Close Ubuntu, launch the downloaded file and proceed with the installation.
  • Restart Ubuntu. This time it will ask you to give a new user a name and password. Note that the operating system will not display password characters as you type.
  • Now we need to access the GAppsWSA directory. Type cd /mnt/c/GAppsWSA/ and press Enter on your keyboard.
  • Now it’s time to run various commands inside WSL. Type apt update and press Enter. Wait for the system to complete the process.
  • Continue with the following commands, one after the other, and be sure to press Enter after entering each one.
  • apt update
  • apt install lzip unzip
  • apt install dos2unix
  • dos2unix ./apply.sh
  • dos2unix ./extend_and_mount_images.sh
  • dos2unix ./extract_gapps_pico.sh
  • dos2unix ./unmount_images.sh
  • dos2unix ./VARIABLES.sh
  • ./extract_gapps_pico.sh
  • ./extend_and_mount_images.sh
  • ./apply.sh
  • ./unmount_images.sh

    • Your custom WSA kernel with Google Services is ready. All that’s left is to install Windows Subsystem for Android and verify that the Google Play Store is working properly on your Windows 11 computer.

  • Go to C:GAppsWSA#IMAGES and copy the following files: product, system, system_ext and vendor. Paste these files into C:WindowsSubsystemAndroid.
  • Go to C:WindowsSubsystemAndroidTools and rename the kernel file to kernel_bak.
  • Open the C:GAppsWSAmisc folder and locate the kernel_x64_64. Copy and paste the file into the C:WindowsSubsystemAndroidTools folder.
  • Rename the file to kernel.
  • Now it’s time to enable developer mode on your computer. Open the Settings app and go to Privacy & Security > For Developers. Activate the developer mode switch and confirm the action when prompted.
  • Final to stretch. All that’s left is to run a command to install WSA with Google Play Store on Windows 11. Right-click on the start menu button and select Windows Terminal (Admin).
  • Paste the following command: Add-AppxPackage -Register C:WindowsSubsystemAndroidAppxManifest.xml. Press Enter.
  • The terminal may show the following error: Add-AppxPackage: Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, package updates failed, dependency validation or conflict. Windows cannot install the package. To fix this problem, launch the Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6_2.62112.3002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx file that you downloaded earlier. After that, repeat the previous step.
  • Windows Subsystem for Android is ready to use. Open the Start menu and find Windows Subsystem for Android. Throw it.
  • Enable the Developer Mode option and click on Files. This will launch WSA (do not share diagnostic data with Microsoft) and you will see notifications from Google Services about installing apps with all necessary components.
  • In a minute or two, you will see the Google Play Store in the list of all apps. You can launch it, log in with your Google account and download all the apps and games you need. Keep in mind that some of them may not work on Windows computers.

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