Microsoft Pauses Forced Installation of Office Web Apps on Windows 10 Devices 293m4d Calls it a Bug

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By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 20 October 2020 12:38 IST

Microsoft Pauses Forced Installation of Office Web Apps on Windows 10 Devices, Calls it a Bug

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Highlights

PWA apps were automatically installed on few Windows 10 units
This forced installation has been paused by Microsoft
The company says that it didn’t intend to show pinned sites as tiles

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Microsoft has confirmed that it has paused forced updates that brought Office web apps to the Start Menu without consent. The company has issued a statement saying that this behaviour of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) showing as tiles is a bug and it didn't intend for that to happen. Microsoft wanted pinned websites to show up in the Start Menu as visible tiles for to get a easier access to their favourite page, but the bug started showing PWAs into these tiles as well. Microsoft says that it is pausing the migration to fix the bug.

The Verge Microsoft is calling it a bug, and says that this change is something ‘you can normally do from inside the Edge browser, but not something that would happen by itself'. To fix this bug, Microsoft has paused the rollout of this update for now.

Some s even reportedly experienced restarts on their Windows 10 device without any prior permission taken. This action of not taking permission before performing any task on an individual's device raises many concerns on Microsoft's efforts toward privacy and security.

The decision to halt the rollout came after Microsoft Windows 10 devices without permission. Affected s can uninstall these apps through the Control > Programs & Features or Settings App > Apps & Features page.

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