How-To: Stop Windows 10 (1607) from installing unwanted apps
With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft added a new feature to the Content Delivery Manager, a component of the OS which is also used for Windows Spotlight and app suggestions.It now appears to silently install new apps for you without asking for any kind of confirmation.After I spotted a few new apps after upgrading to the Anniversary Update (not immediately, a few hours later), I decided to take a closer look at this.
I clean installed Windows 10 Version 1607 inside a virtual machine and left it running for a couple hours. As expected, a few new apps appeared.
Some of them were Adobe Photoshop Express, Asphalt 8: Airborne, FarmVille, Netflix and PicsArt. Those were all installed without any confirmation. I would like to note that this also happens when there is no Microsoft Account used on the machine.So, how did I stop this?It’s actually quite simple.
First, open the Registry Editor. The simplest way to do so is to open Start, type ‘regedit’ and press Enter.https://insidewindows.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cdm0.1.pngNext, you want to navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManagerhttps://insidewindows.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cdm1.pngThere, you want to double click on SilentInstalledAppsEnabled and set the value to 0https://insidewindows.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cdm2.pngOnce that’s done, you can close the Registry Editor.
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