Microsoft launched a new Windows 10 pre-release for PC last week. As usual, the 15042 build introduces new features and especially corrects a lot of small bugs.
But there is a feature that Microsoft has not yet communicated, and that has just spotted a user of the OS: the system can block the installation of applications that have not been downloaded from the Windows Store. Should we prepare to bid farewell to Win32 apps?
No panic: this new feature is not enabled by default. To access it, you should actually go to the Windows 10 Settings module and then go to the System function and the Applications and Features option. This is where one finds a whole new function comes, and that allows to block the implementation of all the applications that do not come from the Windows Store. In short, all the executables that have been used for decades can no longer be installed, and we must turn to the Windows Store to try to find an equivalent.
Currently, this feature only exists in the pre-release of Windows 10, but should be logically introduced in the Creators Update of the OS that will be released next April. In addition, Microsoft seems to want to integrate it with all editions of Windows 10, including the version intended for companies. This would of course significantly boost the downloads operated via the Windows Store, but also to effectively secure his PC. Because the Store applications are supposed to be much safer than the ones that are downloaded here and there on the Web. It remains to be seen how this new tool will respond when you want to install any reliable Win32 applications, such as the Adobe Creative Suite ... or even Microsoft software like the Office suite!
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