Stop automatic Microsoft Store app updates with easy workarounds that put you in charge of your apps' update schedule.

Apps from the Windows Store run in a highly restricted sandbox and have to be approved before they can be listed. So why was this app able to automatically download an executable file that ...

Learn how to prevent or stop the installation, reinstallation or updating of unwanted Srore apps & advertisements of these apps using Registry & Settings.

To block third-party app installations in Windows 11/10, you can go through the above-mentioned steps. You need to open Windows Settings and go to Apps > Apps & features.

Windows 10 'Cloud' has an interesting block forcing users to use the Windows Store when downloading programs, but that block as already been bypassed.