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posted by on Thursday March 02 2017, @02:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-garden-is-now-barricaded dept.

Microsoft has added a setting to Windows 10 that will let users restrict new software installation to only those apps hosted in the Windows Store. The option debuted in the latest version of Windows 10 Insider, the preview program which gives participants an early peek at the next feature upgrade as Microsoft builds it. That version, labeled 15042, was released Friday.

With the setting at its most stringent, Windows 10 will block the installation of Win32 software -- the traditional legacy applications that continue to make up the vast bulk of the Windows ecosystem -- and allow users to install only apps from the Windows Store, Microsoft's marketplace. Other settings allow software installation from any source, or, while allowing that, put a preference on those from the Windows Store.

Unless Microsoft removes them, the options will appear in the next Windows 10 feature upgrade, dubbed "Creators Update," which is to launch in March or April.

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  • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday March 02 2017, @03:18AM

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Thursday March 02 2017, @03:18AM (#473702)

    A "feature" is a handle for describing something that distinguishes it from similar thing.

    Sometimes, a feature is a deliberate talking point [houzz.com].

    While "Features" are often use to try to sell a product, I am not sure the word has inherently positive connotations.

    pseudo-edit: looks like dictionary mostly agrees [merriam-webster.com]

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