Windows 10 update installs Office web applications without permission

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Windows 10 update installs Office web applications without permission

Microsoft has started to automatically install its web-based Office 365 apps on Windows 10, according to a report from Windows Latest.

The publication cited several users who noticed shortcuts to the Progressive Web-based Apps (PWAs) for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook had been pinned to their Start menus without their permission.

The apps are also registered in Windows 10 and shown in the “Programs and Features” list of the impacted users’ Control Panels.

 

[backstreetboy]

Lol their web apps suck compared to Google Docs. Rather focus on getting them up to par before you force them onto users.

 

[karnuffel]

I saw this over the weekend and thought it was just because Im running a windows insider build... I dont mind it on that pc because I never paid for the OS and I just use it to play WoW, but I would like to be (or at least feel) in control over what software is running on my work laptop.

 

[LCBXX]

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

 

[LCBXX]

Lol their web apps suck compared to Google Docs. Rather focus on getting them up to par before you force them onto users.

Yoh I won't go that far...