You're very welcome. Seems like a lot of people ran into this problem about a month ago and then a solution didn't appear until 8 days ago, so I wanted to spread the good news for those who wouldn't otherwise see it.
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Hello today i noticed that instagram app from windows store has changed.The ''old'' app has similar capabilties with android app.I can enable notifications to my pc when a person upload photos,the main window was full display and when i want to see followers e.t.c the window was full of laptop display..Today when i clik at instagram icon suddenly is lost!!!I reinstall the app from windows store but all looks different .I can;t upload fhotos from my laptop directly , the main window does not cover the laptop display , the notification option is missing and the window of followers-followed list is small.Is that normal?
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Anonymous
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Neil D 32,740 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2020-03-06T12:07:09+00:00 I used to use the Photo app to share photos to Instagram, it now looks like that is not an option. So no more photos from the PC, only via Android phone app.
Can't quite see the point of losing that functionality.
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Anonymous
2020-03-27T12:20:24+00:00 I think i might have a similar problem. After updating my Instagram App on a Windows 10 PC (Surface Book) I found I could no longer post in the App. The camera icon has disappeared and I can not add Insta to my camera or microphone settings, as it is no longer in the list to be able to enable it. I've tried reinstalling the insta app, resetting it, running the microsoft store troubleshooter and many other options but nothing has worked. Is it related to this PWA upgrade? I'm running Insta version 42.0.2.0. Is there nothing I can do to get Insta working from my PC the old way? I can open the App, but it's useless if I can't post from my PC.
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Anonymous
2020-03-06T07:41:58+00:00 What is pwa?
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Sumit D - IA 166.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor2020-03-06T07:35:05+00:00 Hi,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.This is likely expected as they have moved to PWA instead of native Windows 10 app. Here is a more explanation on this:
https://in.mashable.com/tech/11849/instagram-re...
Unfortunately you cannot rollback the update.
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