- [Instructor] If you need to install a new application
that is not available on the Microsoft Store,
then you will probably need to download and install it from
the web or install it from an installation disc.
Now, if you're using Windows 11 S then you will not
be able to install new applications from the web
or from a disc.
But for everybody else, let's look at a typical scenario.
So you might open your web browser and search for the
application that you want to install.
I want to install Google Chrome so I'll search for that.
Of course, Windows comes with Microsoft Edge,
but it's very normal to install a different web browser.
And in many cases you can find the website for the
application that you want.
And they will have a link that you can click
to download the installer.
Of course, the steps will be a little different
for each application, but in this case,
I can click this button and it will download the installer.
And now that it's done,
I can see that it's finished here.
By default, when you download something from the web,
it will be saved in your Downloads folder.
So let's close this and we'll go to File Explorer.
And we'll just use the shortcut on the left to go
to the Downloads folder.
And this is what I downloaded.
So this is the first part,
getting the file that you want to install.
I downloaded this from the web,
but you might have an application on a CD or a DVD disc
or a USB drive, but still it will be a file like this.
And once you have it, generally what you need to do
is double click on it.
And then you can go through the process of installing it.
If it asks you, if you want to allow the app
to make changes, you can click Yes,
and you might see a message asking for
the administrator's password.
Now some applications will have several steps and you can
follow through the prompts.
But I'll let this do what it needs to do.
And now that it's finished,
it went ahead and launched that application.
But I want to quit that.
And sometimes it will put a shortcut on your desktop,
but what we really want to see is once you've
installed the application,
you should be able to go to the Start menu,
go to the list of all applications.
And you can find that application there and you can launch
it whenever you want.
And if you want, you can keep this shortcut
that are put on the desktop,
or it's perfectly fine to put that in the trash
if you don't want it.
And now that I have finished installing this,
I can go back to the Downloads folder and I could delete
that installation file as well.
Or you can keep it around just in case you might need it
in the future.
Now, the specific process for installing an application
that you downloaded from the web can be different from one
application to the next.
Until you're completely used to it,
you should make sure to read all of the prompts carefully as
you go through the installation process.
Usually the application installer will walk you through what
you need to do.
But for the most part,
it should be pretty similar to what we saw here.