How to Install the Google Play Store on Windows 11
Install Google Play Store on Windows 11
1. Remove the Existing Windows Subsystem for Android
- First, open the Settings app on your computer by pressing the Windows key + I on your keyboard.
- Navigate to the Apps > Installed Apps menu on the Settings app. Navigating to Installed Apps
- From the list of applications, locate Windows Subsystem for Android .
- Click on the three dots and choose Uninstall from the drop-down menu. Uninstalling Windows Subsystem for Android
2. Prepare Modified Windows Subsystem for Android
- Open the Microsoft Store by searching for it in the Start Menu. Opening Microsoft Store
- Then, search for Ubuntu via the search bar.
- Click on the Get button to install it. Installing Ubuntu on Windows
- After the installation completes, a Windows Terminal window will open. You will need to provide a username and password for the Ubuntu installation. Doing so will take you to an empty command line. Providing Username for Windows Subsystem for Linux
- At this point, type in git clone https://github.com/LSPosed/MagiskOnWSALocal.git in the command line and press the Enter key.
- This will download the script required to create a modified version of the Windows Subsystem for Android. Wait for it to complete downloading.
- After that, you will have to navigate to the folder the script resides in. To do so, type in cd MagiskOnWSALocal/scripts and hit Enter in the command line.
- Finally, type in ./run.sh and press the Enter key. This will execute the script. You will be prompted to enter the UNIX password that you created a moment ago. Enter your password to allow the script to run.
- The script will start downloading a number of files and present you with a few prompts. You can go with the default options for all of them.
- Choose retail on the WSA release type screen and press OK. Choosing WSA Release Type
- After that, choose Yes on the Install GApps screen. GApps Installation Selection
- Finally, for the Root solution, choose None. Choosing Root Solution
- Once you do that, the script will start downloading the required files on your system. Downloading Required Files for WSA
- Wait for it to complete. Once it does, you will be shown an empty command line prompt again.
3. Install the Modified Version of the Windows Subsystem for Android
- First, you will have to navigate to the output folder to access the new files. Type in cd ../output and hit Enter.
- Inside the output, folder exists another folder that contains all the files we need. Since the name of this folder is generated automatically as per the versions, you can use the ls command to find out the name.
- Once you know the name of the folder, you will have to copy it to the C: drive on your system.
- Type cp WSA and press the TAB key to autocomplete the folder name. Do not press Enter. You will need to specify a directory for the files to be copied to. You can call the new folder anything, we’ll call it temp in this case.
- The final command should look like cp WSA_2011… /mnt/c/temp -r and then press Enter. Do not omit the -r argument at the end. Copying WSA Files
- After that, open File Explorer on your system.
- Navigate to the folder in the C: drive and run the Run.bat file. Click Yes on the User Account Control dialog box that appears. Running the Script
- Wait for it to complete. Once it completes, you will see the Google Play Store screen on your monitor. Google Play Store on Windows 11
4. Cleaning Up
- In the WSL command prompt, type in rm ~/MagiskonWSALocal -rf and press Enter.
- This will remove all of the script files from your WSL. You can also choose to uninstall WSL from your system since it is no longer needed.
- Follow the same instructions as uninstalling WSA above to do so.
