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Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Accepted submission by owl at 2022-03-14 18:46:28 from the So you thought it was your computer? dept.
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owl [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-testing-ads-in-the-windows-11-file-explorer/ [bleepingcomputer.com]

Microsoft has begun testing promotions for some of its other products in the File Explorer app on devices running its latest Windows 11 Insider build.

The new Windows 11 "feature" was discovered by a Windows user and Insider MVP who shared a screenshot of an advertisement notification displayed above the listing of folders and files to the File Explorer, the Windows default file manager.

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