Microsoft makes no mention of free apps and games, and whether these remain available for download and installation after January 10, 2023. New app purchases or in-app purchases are no longer supported after the January 2023 Patch Day. In other words: there is no killswitch that is blocking these programs from running on Windows 8.1 machines after January 10, 2023. Microsoft confirmed that the downloaded apps and games will continue to work. Users could download and install applications and games using it, and make purchases. Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system was the first system Microsoft's online store launched on.
