The next update of Windows 10 may block the installation of apps from third-party sources
News Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
Microsoft has added a new feature in the Windows operating system 10, which blocks the ability to install a desktop application.
The developers of Microsoft continue to work on the next major update to Windows 10. It should see the light in the spring of 2017, but now Windows Insider Program participants have access to test builds of the operating system and can evaluate future changes.
In the fresh build of insider has revealed an interesting option in the settings. It allows you to block the installation of the classic Win32-programs obtained from third party sources. Users will have to settle for the software, which is represented in the company's catalog of Microsoft.
As you can see in the screenshot, this function has three options, one of which allows you to block all third-party programs. Such a ban can be helpful for security in the event that the computer owner - a novice user. Every time he tries to install an application downloaded from the Internet, will see a warning, forwards it to the Windows Store.
Recall that Apple has long been forbidden to place the unsigned applications from third-party sources. It is possible that this is heading and Microsoft. First, the proposal will go to the Windows Store, and then when people get used to, followed by a hard ban on downloading and installing any third-party programs.
What do you think about this? You will continue to use Windows 10 if the ban will become a reality?