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Microsoft has quietly begun to challenge Ninite with an interesting addition to the Microsoft Store: multi-app installations that are as simple as a few clicks. Interestingly, the new option doesn’t seem to be available via the Microsoft Store application within Windows. Instead, Windows Central found it tucked away on the Microsoft Store website,
Ninite has been around practically forever: PCWorld reviewed Ninite years ago in 2012, and we recently highlighted it again this year as a superb tool for resetting your PC and quickly getting it back up and running with common apps after a fresh start.
In short, Ninite allows you to pick from a suite of third-party apps and combine them into a single batch installer that steps through and installs all of them in one go. The winget command within Windows is vaguely similar, though that’s more for users who want to avoid the Microsoft Store entirely and grab an a-la-carte app via the command line.

> Microsoft takes on Ninite with easy batch multi-app installations

After installing one of the several Windows updates that were released on October 14th or later, many Windows users have reported being asked to reset their systems via BitLocker Recovery, which requires you to have a BitLocker recovery key. If you don’t have that key, you won’t be able to access your PC and will lose all your data.
According to a statement from Microsoft (via Windows Latest), the issue affects Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 as well as Windows 10 version 22H2. Strangely, the statement is only visible to users with Microsoft 365 Business or Windows 11 Enterprise licenses:

“Affected devices might boot into the BitLocker recovery screen, requiring users to enter the recovery key once. After the key is entered and the device restarts, it will boot normally without any further BitLocker prompts. This issue primarily appears to affect Intel-based devices that support Connected Standby, a feature that enables the device to stay connected to the network while in a low power state.”

If you encounter this BitLocker recovery bug and don’t have access to your BitLocker recovery key, you risk losing all the data on your computer. In that case, you’ll have to hope that you can get your BitLocker recovery key through your Microsoft account. Learn more about that in our article on backing up your data and BitLocker recovery keys.

> BitLocker recovery bug in recent Windows updates could brick your PC